The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) listed the crimes of detained American Pae Jun Ho on Thursday, accusing him of conducting hostile acts, the official news agency KCNA reported.
The death toll of the Italian ship's accident in the northern Genoa port rose to seven late on Wednesday while more were injured or missing.
Former Thai prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh has quietly visited Myanmar and met with Vice President Sai Mauk Kham in the country's capital of Naypyidaw, according to the Myanmar President Office.
At least one policeman was killed and two others wounded in explosion in Khan Abad district of northern Afghan province of Kunduz Tuesday morning, a local official said.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has taken into custody a man in U.S. state of Minnesota who was believed to be plotting a terrorist attack, the agency's local division announced on Monday.
India's Supreme Court Monday gave its nod to the commissioning of the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, saying " it's safe."
The injured Pakistani prisoner continues to be critical in hospital for the third straight day Sunday, officials said.
An apology made by the Red Cross Society of China this week after it was found to have diverted donations earmarked for specific uses to other projects without notice has failed to stem a tide of criticism against the organization.
The U.S. State Department on Thursday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to immediately release a U.S. citizen who was sentenced to 15 years of compulsory labor by its court.
Public mourning was held on Saturday morning in Sichuan Province for those who died in the earthquake on April 20 which claimed nearly 200 lives.
A candidate running for a local position in the town of Banisilan in the southern Philippine province of North Cotabato was killed by unidentified gunmen Sunday night, police confirmed on Monday.
Thursday night's protests outside of the Spanish Congress ended with 15 arrests and 29 people suffering light injuries after ending with some scenes of violence.
Italy's awaited new government took office on Sunday amid hopes of urgent reforms against recession and fears of civil disorder, as two police officers and a passerby were shot and injured during what was supposed to be a day of celebration.
The two Boston bombing suspects had intended to come to New York to detonate bombs at Times Square, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told a press conference on Thursday.
Affected by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake which hit Lushan County on April 20, senior students of Lushan Middle School who are going to graduate were transfered to the provincial capital Chengdu to prepare for the National College Entrance Examination.
The main twitter account of the Associated Press was hacked on Tuesday afternoon, sending out a false news claiming that Obama was injured in a White House explosion, which caused a sharp drop and a quick rebound in the U. S. stock market.
The U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Monday the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was charged by federal prosecutors, seven days after the bombings killed three people and injured over 200.
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