The Pakistani government on Wednesday opened talks with an opposition leader, who is leading thousands of supporters in a sit-in in Islamabad and is demanding resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
The former Australian defense force official who led the international search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 arrived in Kiev on Monday to lead a 45-man Australian team, which will inspect the MH17 crash site.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said Britain has offered Nigeria a surveillance aircraft and a military team to help search more than 200 abducted schoolgirls in the country.
Afghan presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul who secured third position in the race after votes counting announced his support to the leading candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday.
The medical team of more than 50 doctors and nurses sent by Chinese government treated 874 patients over the past five days since they set up a tent hospital in Abuyog town, one of the typhoon-affected areas in central Philippines.
A team of Chinese and Singaporean researchers have created a real-life "invisibility cloak."
The advance team from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the UN have been reinforced with a second group of OPCW inspectors and more UN support staff, bringing the total strength of the joint team to 60, the OPCW said Tuesday.
A Malaysian national is an alleged "big-wig" of a 2 million AU dollar (1.84 million U.S. dollar) match-fixing scandal involving a Victorian soccer club, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported on Monday.
Syria's state media on Monday blamed "armed terrorist groups" for firing at the UN chemical investigation team in the countryside of Damascus.
Syria's Foreign Ministry said Sunday it had reached an agreement with the UN, allowing the UN chemical investigation team to enter the eastern al-Ghouta countryside of the capital Damascus to probe the alleged use of chemical weapons there.
Uganda Cranes learnt from the loss to Egypt in Wednesday's friendly match when the East African country preparing a crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier against Senegal on September 7, a top team official said here on Thursday.
China secured a come-from-behind victory against Turkey in the final of FIVB Grand Prix in Hong Kong. Head coach Lang Ping's undefeated record accumulated to 12 matches on Sunday.
Chinese female volleyball team's coach Lang Ping said hard hitting her opponents might be, she said her team does stand a chance to claim final victory in Hong Kong.
The 46th Stanley International Dragon Boat Championship kicked off on Thursday. Over 240 local and overseas teams with approximately 5,000 paddlers fought for the championship of the contest in celebration for the Duan Wu Festival.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said that the UN fact-finding team is "on stand-by and ready to deploy in 24-48 hours" to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons in attacks in Syria.
Visiting U.S. basketball players had a joint training here on Wednesday with sportsmen of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), marking the first public exchanges since the team set foot on the isolated country.