The decline in purchases by Russians at the Saga Furs auction in Helsinki over the weekend was somewhat offset by the increased demand from Chinese buyers.
There is an old South Korean idiom often cited in year-end parties: "Sending the year with many affairs and many hardships" to welcome a happy new year. This year, South Koreans have to send the year with more affairs than ever that came from all directions on land, at sea and in the air.
The body of Sydney hostage siege gunman Man Haron Monis was released by the New South Wales Coroner on Monday after his autopsy was completed.
Colombia's soccer star James Rodriguez was the athlete who was searched the most in Google during 2014, according to a press report from Cuba's news site Cubadebate.
Australian counter-terrorism police confirmed on Friday they raided five Sydney homes on Thursday which were linked to a man's alleged plot to execute a random member of the public in Martin Place in the city's CBD.
China's double Olympic champion Sun Yang has been under fire since the news broke that he had served a doping ban earlier this year.
South Korea's constitutional court ruled Friday that a minor political party, which has been considered as a blind follower of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), should be dismissed.
Indian capital's subway train service got a bomb threat Wednesday evening which turned out to be a hoax, while hundreds of people were evacuated from a metro station and two markets nearby were closed, said police.
Justice may have arrived too late for Huugjilt, who 18 years ago was wrongly sentenced and subsequently executed for rape and murder, but on Monday China's legal system proved the truth will out.
The filing of a murder charge against a U.S. serviceman for allegedly killing a Filipino transgender will test Washington's sincerity to uphold Philippine laws and respect the country's sovereignty.
The United States has denied Philippine government's request to turn over a U.S. Marine who allegedly murdered a Filipino transgender in October, according to a statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Manila on Tuesday.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday questioned why the gunman responsible for the tragic Sydney siege was not on a security watchlist.
As the decades old plan to bring Yangtze River water 1,400 kilometers north to Beijing and neighboring areas nears completion, people living along the south-to-north water diversion project are reflecting on changes brought forth by the historic program.
Terrorism has torn at the heart of Australian society triggering widespread fear and anger after an armed man showing Islamic flags held 17 people hostage in a Sydney cafe.
Florists in the center of Sydney have sold out of flowers on Tuesday after thousands people started leaving a floral tribute at Martin Place following reports that three people are dead in the cafe siege.
Survivors of a deadly landslide in Indonesia's Central Java province on Monday tearfully recalled the moment when they had to part from their loved ones after such a tragic event.
Australia's Muslim-friendly 'I'll Ride With You' campaign goes viralAn Australian social media campaign "I'll Ride with You" which urges Australians to embrace the local Muslim population has become the No.1 trending topic on Twitter in the wake of Sydney's dramatic siege.
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