The Sri Lankan army has received a report based on an investigation conducted by a military court of inquiry into a clash which took place between the army and a group of civilians this month, an army spokesman said on Thursday.
The week-long International Health Qigong Tournament and Exchange, sponsored by the International Health Qigong Federation (IHQF), is held for the first time in New York City and New Jersey in the United States. It becomes the largest event ever hosted by the IHQF.
Sotheby's in London has auctioned an artwork by Dutch artist J. J. Schoonhoven, despite a warning it was stolen, Dutch newspaper NRC reported on Tuesday.
A school bus carrying dozens of pupils fell off a cliff in Cebu City in central Philippines on Wednesday morning, police said.
Police in central China's Henan Province on Tuesday caught a man suspected of killing three and injuring 12 others in a knife attack on a bus.
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) on Tuesday named Mahmoud Ezzat as its new leader after the Egyptian government dealt another blow to the group by arresting its supreme guide Mohamed Badie earlier in the day.
Egypt's prosecution ordered 15 days in prison pending investigations for Muslim Brotherhood top leader Mohamed Badie over alleged killing of protesters, state TV reported on Tuesday.
Safety officials in charge of the railway stretch where a train accident killed 79 people in Spain were charged by the court on Tuesday.
Sotheby's in London has auctioned an artwork by Dutch artist J. J. Schoonhoven, despite a warning it was stolen, Dutch newspaper NRC reported on Tuesday.
The remaining two hostages were freed in the town hall of the southern German city of Ingolstadt as police raided the building after hours of standoff on Monday.
The New Zealand government announced Monday that its investigation into the Fonterra contamination crisis would look at the causes of and the official response to the botulism scare.
Three senior officials were suspended from their posts at Linzhou Public Security Bureau in central China's Henan Province on Monday after a policeman allegedly attacked a baby girl after drinking alcohol.
Another New Zealand milk product was found to be contaminated after being dispatched for export to China, but New Zealand officials said Monday that none of the products had reached consumers.
A policeman who is alleged to have seriously injured an infant by grabbing her and hurling her onto the ground had been detained in central China's Henan Province, local authorities told Xinhua on Sunday.
Liu Tienan, a former deputy chief of China's top economic planning body, has been put under judicial investigation, suspected of taking bribes, authorities said on Sunday.
Two former JPMorgan Chase & Co. traders were charged Wednesday over last year's "London Whale" scandal, which cost the bank 6.2 billion dollars, Federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
The UN Security Council on Thursday called on all parties in Egypt to "exercise maximum restraint" and put an end to violence in the Middle East country after 500 people were killed in clashes between security forces and protesters seeking the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Morsi.
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