French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday decided to suspend the delivery of the first of two Mistral helicopter carriers to Russia "until further notice," because of the continued crisis in Kiev which could put the region' s security at risk.
As Iranian nuclear talks entered the final days in Austria, top diplomats from Iran and the West were desperately trying to seize the best opportunity they've had in 35 years to clinch a historic deal which could change the political landscape in the Middle East.
Japan, an established leader in the field of robotics in the world, is seeking to transform the cutting-edge industry from traditional industrial robot production, to areas including robotic personal and medical care services in an effort to address problems brought about by its rapidly aging society.
New Zealand scientists involved in a discovery that has unlocked one of the secrets of evolution have claimed the findings could help understand the origins of cancer and other biological problems.
President of Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) Tsang Yok-sing has said that the Special Administrative Region is now at the crossroads to its future development.
The Slovak Central Bank (NBS) has sent a signal to commercial banks that the era of cheap loans might come to an end and urged them to be more cautious in their future provision, financial expert Maros Ovcarik announced on the talk show of teraz.sk on Thursday.
The Philippines could add 3.1 million jobs to its labor market as a member of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which is expected to come into force in 2015, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Wednesday.
China-led Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiatives could help solve security problems in Asia, said experts at an international forum on Wednesday.
A New Zealand study showing bees have mental maps of familiar terrain could help surgery patients recover quicker from the effects of anesthetic.
Obesity could hinder the effects of a common drug that is used as part of a treatment to fight breast cancer in post-menopausal women, New Zealand scientists said Wednesday.
The Thai Constitutional Court said Tuesday that it would deliver a verdict at noon Wednesday on the allegation that caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had abused power in a personnel change.
Chinese forestry authorities on Tuesday shut down commercial logging in two major forests in the northeastern-most part of the country in a bid to help restore the ecosystem.
British government on Thursday announced draft rules allowing the introduction of new treatments that could see the creation of babies with three genetic parents.
EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Thursday the timetable for the next round of Iranian nuclear talks.
Due to the vast devastation and huge loss of lives wrought by super-typhoon Haiyan (locally named Yolanda) that slammed the Central Philippines a week ago, the country' economic growth could slow down and the incidence of poverty could rise.
Parts of New Zealand could be exposed to tsunami that could be 50 percent bigger than previous estimates, government scientists warned Monday.
Moscow may exchange a married couple convicted in Germany for spying for Russia with a CIA agent jailed in Russia, the couple's lawyer said Monday.
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