The nuclear test on Feb. 12 was a "self-defense" measure in reaction to the United States' ever increasing threat, a diplomat of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea said here on Tuesday.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on his Twitter account Monday that he has returned home after a two-month cancer treatment in Cuba.
Venezuela on Friday released images of ailing President Hugo Chavez for the first time since his cancer surgery in Cuba two months ago, saying he is breathing through a tracheal tube and has difficulty talking.The pictures showed that Chavez was propped up in a hospital bed and was flanked by his two eldest daughters.
The Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Friday postponed the case of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius until February 19.
French meat-processing company Spanghero has been suspected of knowingly selling horsemeat labeled as beef, the coutry's food ministers said Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary was blocked Thursday in the Senate, after a vote failed to garner the 60 votes needed to end debate on the matter.
Australian Labor government has been under fire with allegations that its mineral resources rent tax (MRRT) is deeply flawed and failed to deliver the revenue designed to fund superannuation reform and small business tax breaks.
Violent clashes and protests broke out in Indian-controlled Kashmir Saturday over the execution of Indian parliament attack convict Mohammed Afzal Guru, officials said.
In its first board meeting this year, the Australian Reserve Bank (RBA) has decided to keep interest rates on hold as Australia's sunny economic conditions continued to surprise analysts.
The latest result of Newspoll on Monday, conducted for The Australian at the weekend, puts the Australian Labor Party's primary support at 32 percent. The vote is back to the level it was at the end of the parliamentary year in December, and the Coalition's primary support is the highest since July last year.
Huge throngs of Cambodian people shed tears on Monday evening when participating the royal cremation ceremony of the country's late former King Norodom Sihanouk at a city park next to the royal palace.
Police were hunting for a suspect Wednesday after three people were shot and injured in Phoenix, the U.S. state of Arizona.
U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved Democratic Senator John Kerry as the next secretary of state, who is set to replace Hillary Clinton.
Li Na was runner-up for the second year at the 2013 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday, narrowly missing the title after losing against Bellarussian Victoria Azarenka, in the women's final. But her coach says the French Open singles title winner, was the real winner.
Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Monday that Iran took the first step to send man to space.
Despite the curfew that started a few hours go in Egypt's three turmoil-hit governorates of Port Said, Suez and Ismailia due to the recent bloody clashes, a lot of anti-government protestors took to the streets Monday night, fearlessly violating the curfew and ignoring the deployed armed forces.
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