An alleged leftist rebel was killed in a clash between government soldiers and the New People's Army in southern Philippines early Monday.
A fire that ripped through a large grain storage center in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province on Friday was caused by a short circuit, local fire authorities confirmed on Monday.
After a series of child molestation cases hitting the headlines, many Chinese schools have acted to strengthen education about sexual issues, a historically taboo topic in confucianist culture.
The upside is that the Philippine economy grew by a stunning 7.8 percent during the first quarter of the year, the fastest among the emerging economies in the Asia- Pacific region. But the downside is that the country's stock market took a nosedive and the Philippine peso weakened in the aftermath of the strengthening of the U.S. dollar brought about by a slight but steady recovery of the U.S. economy.
The man suspected of stabbing a French soldier last week was believed to have acted in accordance with his "religious ideology," Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said.
Approvals for the construction of new homes hit a five-year high last month, the government statistics agency announced Thursday, the same day the head of the country's central bank warned the housing market was overheating.
An Abu Sayyaf suspect was captured by combat police forces during a pre-dawn raid Monday in a hideout in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, police said on Tuesday.
Nearly 2,000 people from around Britain took to the street on Saturday in Newcastle in northern England to demonstrate against the killing of a serving soldier in London on Wednesday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday sent condolences to the soldier killed in Wednesday's southeast London attack, and said the country will be "absolutely resolute in its stand against violent extremism."
From Qingdao, a coastal city in northeast China's Shangdong province, the 48-year-old Guo Chuan sailed across the Pacific Ocean and down to Cape Horn, completing a 40,000-kilometer journey that took him through the most dangerous waters on the planet and made him the first Chinese to traverse the Atlantic Ocean. Guo told his story of how he felt in love with sailing and how he overcame numerous difficulties to realizing his sailing dream.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said there are strong indications that the attack in southeast London that killed one man is a terrorist incident, during a press conference in Paris on Wednesday.
A special envoy left Pyongyan Wednesday for a visit to China. International media shares the view that the trip is DPRK's effort to repair its badly damaged ties with China.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shot dead a man Wednesday who was possibly linked to the Boston bombings suspects, U.S. media reported.
Investigators have begun their probe into the commuter train collision which took place in the U.S. state of Connecticut during Friday evening rush hour, leaving 60 injuries, government officials said in a press briefing Saturday.
France has confirmed a second case of the infection of SARS-like coronavirus, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday.
As Australia’s richest man of metals, Andrew Forrest, all but single-handedly carved his fortune all the way up from the Pilbara red dirt, building an iron ore empire through relentless fight.
U.S. Congress on Thursday held its first hearing on the Boston Marathon bombing, with witnesses calling for more resources for local law enforcement to combat homegrown terrorism.
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