A hostage situation in Reuver, a town in the southern Dutch province of Limburg, ended Thursday with the death of the hostage-taker and his three-year-old daughter, Dutch police said.
The Chinese Olympic swimmer and world record holder Sun Yang is in trouble again -- this time for being in a car accident while driving without a license.
China's Olympic and world swimming champion Sun Yang has received an indefinite ban from competition following his seven-day detention for driving without a license.
China's first male Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang was driving without license when his Porsche SUV collided with a bus, police said.
Iraqi Prime Minster Nouri al- Maliki warned here on Thursday that terrorism fueled by the civil war in neighboring Syria may come back in his country, as he seeks U.S. arms to combat the rising insurgency.
A five-year-old child was "in critical condition" after falling off a boat at Disneyland Paris in Seine-et-Marne, local medias quoted the police as saying on Wednesday.
With exquisite melody floating in the air, renowned Chinese pianist Lang Lang, seated at a piano with his graceful fingers stroking out chords, used his own way to mark a special occasion -- a ceremony held at the UN Headquarters on Monday where he was designated by as a UN Messenger of Peace.
Conrad Murray, the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death, was released from jail on Monday after serving two years of a four- year term.
As the UN Day was observed around the world, Xu Haoliang, a UN official appointed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, had a busy day in Beijing.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, reiterating France's request for an explanation regarding the "unacceptable" spying practices, said French Foreign Ministry in a statement.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said there is not an official date or any success factors for the Geneva II conference on Syria, according to a recent interview broadcast by Lebanese al-Mayadeen TV on Monday.
As the Chinese economy continues to flourish, the country's universities and colleges are attracting an increasing number of international students.
UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on Monday held talks with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad about the Syrian crisis, expecting an international conference on Syria to be held at the end of November.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday attended a symposium in Beijing to commemorate what would have been the 100th birthday of his father Xi Zhongxun, a respected Communist elder and former vice premier of China.
Cambodia on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of the death of the nation's most revered King Father Norodom Sihanouk by paying homage to his newly-built statue and an elaborate Buddhist ceremony.
Lon Snowden, father of U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, arrived at an airport near Moscow, the capital of Russia, Thursday and was expected to meet his son later in the day.
Former contractor of the U.S. intelligence service Edward Snowden travels in Russia freely and looks forward to finding a job, his attorney said Wednesday.
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