Provocative statements by Katsuto Momii, the head of Japan's public broadcaster NHK, and its board member Naoki Hyakuta on Japan's invasion history have been widely criticized in Japan.
Italy's premier-designate Matteo Renzi on Wednesday said he was ready to form a new coalition government after he concluded positively consultations with political parties.
Matteo Renzi, the leader of center-left Democratic Party (PD), on Monday was asked by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano to form a new government and introduce promised reforms to revive the crisis-plagued economy.
Taiwanese rock star and entertainment show host Frankie Kao Ling-feng died on Monday evening at the age of 63.
Former Egyptian military chief of staff, Sami Anan, will join the country's upcoming presidential race, Anan's media office announced on Sunday.
Chinese film "Bai Ri Yan Huo (Black Coal, Thin Ice)" won the Golden Bear, the top jury prize awarded to the best film in the 64th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday.
A Cairo court adjourned Sunday the trial of Egypt's former president Mohamed Morsi over charges of espionage to Feb. 23, official news agency MENA reported.
Taiwan's mainland affairs chief, Wang Yu-chi, on Wednesday paid tribute at the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a renowned statesman who led the revolution ending imperial rule in China.
Egypt's military chief and Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi will run for president, Amr Moussa, head of the country's constitutional panel, told official media on Tuesday after meeting with Sisi.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Senator Max Baucus as the next ambassador to China.
Oscar-winning U.S. actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead Sunday at his New York City apartment in Manhattan, a New York Police Department source said.
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, also co- leader of the opposition Japan Restoration Party, announced Monday afternoon that he will run in a snap election for mayor soon after resigning from his post to gain further public support for his " Osaka Metropolis Plan" that would merge the prefectural and municipal governments.
Austrian actor Maximilian Schell has died at the age of 83, media reports said Saturday. The Vienna-born actor died overnight following "a sudden and serious illness", media quoted agent Patricia Baumbauer as saying. Maximilian Schell won an Academy Award for his role in the 1961 film "Judgment at Nuremberg". After Austria was annexed by the Nazis in 1938, Schell fled with his parents into exile in Switzerland. He returned to Austria after the war and later became a successful Hollywood actor.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday appealed for the observance of the Olympic Truce, calling on everyone engaged in armed hostilities to lay down their weapons and cease hostilities.
India's Supreme Court Friday stopped the execution of a Sikh terrorist on death row, and sought a medical report on his mental health.
The Egyptian cabinet led by Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi on Thursday accepted the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Bahaa-Eddin, official news agency MENA reported.
An Egyptian criminal court decided to delay the trial of ousted President Mohamed Morsi and 130 others over the 2011 jailbreak to Feb. 22, state television reported on Tuesday.
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