Pakistani and Afghan members of the civil society and researchers will be opening a two-day dialogue in Islamabad on Monday to help improve bilateral relations at a time when mistrust has badly affected official contacts between the two countries.
Cuban President Raul Castro will travel to Mexico on Nov. 5-7 for his first official visit to the country since he took office in 2006, Mexican Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold their first one-on-one summit in Seoul next week on the sidelines of the trilateral leadership meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Seoul's presidential office said Wednesday.
France expressed concerns over a new wave of violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem, urging swift moves to appease tension and resume diplomatic talks to end the year-long deadlock in the Middle East, the office of French President Francois Hollande said on Sunday.
Massive demonstrations against the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) reveal deep concerns among European citizens about the economic, social, health, environmental and cultural implications of the proposed agreement.
Government officials in Japan said on Tuesday that talks between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York had been fruitful with a number of agreements being made, as both sides eye an official summit between the two leaders in Japan later this year.
Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan on Monday called for greater efforts to promote cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States when visiting two leading art and cultural institutions here.
Chinese tourism chief on Wednesday vowed all-out efforts to bring the "China-U.S. Year of Tourism in 2016" a success.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked U.S. President Barack Obama to look into the alleged spying activities on the Japanese government and companies raised by the Wikileaks website earlier this month, local media reported Wednesday.
Australia's competition and consumer watchdog on Friday dropped its opposition to an alliance between national airline Qantas and China Eastern Airlines.
The long-stalemated Syrian crisis is now witnessing a flurry of diplomatic talks and marathon meetings that could usher in a political solution, in what appeared to be the first positive repercussions of the Iranian nuclear deal on Syria, analysts say.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on Monday promised Israel that Washington will increase the military aid to the Jewish state during a first visit by a cabinet-level U.S. official to Israel since the nuclear deal with Iran was announced.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued to slam the nuclear deal reached between Iran and the major world powers on Tuesday, claiming it risks Israel's security.
The official visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to France created a climate that is favorable to the relationship and cooperation between the two countries, said some chieftains of enterprises in France.
French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday called on his American counterpart Barack Obama to respect his commitment to stop spying on allies in the wake of new reports on U.S. surveillance on Paris' main leaders.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong on Tuesday called for stepping up exchanges between women in China and the United States.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong on Monday called for further exchanges in the sector of culture and art between China and the United States.
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