The Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday published a regulation that holds Party officials accountable for poor leadership.
Performance in dealing with environmental issues has become the major criteria for the selection and appointment of officials in Henan province, according to the provincial government.
Deadly attacks in four countries linked to Islamic State show the limitations of U.S.-led efforts to loosen the group's grip in Syria and Iraq, and the challenge of stopping attacks that are not only globally dispersed but very different in their choice of targets, current and former U.S. officials said.
At least 30 people were killed and scores injured when a mosque and several houses were washed away by flash flooding in Pakistan's northwest Chitral district, officials said Sunday.
Anhui province has banned alcoholic beverages at official banquets, except those held to attract investment or involving foreign affairs.
An outside investigation team appointed by the operator of Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday that an instruction from then-company president to avoid mentioning “meltdown” delayed disclosure of the status of three reactors.
The U.S. government confirmed on Thursday that three American officials had been expelled from Nicaragua, warning that this could damage ties between the two countries.
A massive fire gutted 60 residential houses in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia is apparently miffed that a street in Seoul is named after the capital of archrival Iran and wants a street named for its own capital here.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks Thursday with the Prime Minister of Kuwait, Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, on a number of topics spanning terrorism and the refugee crisis.
China called on the international community on Wednesday to help its ongoing efforts to seize suspected corrupt officials who flee overseas and recover their illicit gains.
Flooding in India's northeastern state of Assam has affected nearly 100,000 people, officials said Monday.
The Indian government told its apex court that a total of 330 million people in the country were affected by an ongoing drought, officials said Wednesday.
A deputy provincial governor in Guizhou Province appeared in court on Monday over a land seizure dispute with a farmer, a remarkable event since China changed the law last year to make it easier for citizens to sue the government.
Australian media has lifted the lid on allegations of corruption in the oil industry dating back decades, implicating global companies, officials and ministers, likely renewing investigations that had stalled.
Corrupt officials were given no respite during China's biggest annual political events, the plenary meetings of national lawmakers and political advisors.
A total of 22 former Chinese officials at ministerial level and above, including former leader Zhou Yongkang, were prosecuted for graft in 2015.
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