German adventurer Christoph Rehage said his trek across China was driven by an "inner wolf."
American journalist Glenn Greenwald, who helped blow the lid off the United States' secret global spying campaign, said Tuesday he has copies of all the leaked documents the revelations are based on.
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will leave New York for visits to the Republic of Korea (ROK), the Netherlands and Austria starting Wednesday.
Seville born director Jose Luis Castro presented his new adaptation in a replica of an 18th century Spanish town.
Standing in a cramped rental room in Beijing, the 2-meter-tall humanoid is the latest work of amateur inventor Tao Xiangli, following his feat of diving in his homemade submarine in 2009.
Liu Tienan, a former deputy chief of China's top economic planning body, has been put under judicial investigation, suspected of taking bribes, authorities said on Sunday.
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe who has won reelection as the country's next president will be sworn in Thursday, just days after his rival withdrew a legal bid to challenge his landslide victory of the poll, state media reported late Sunday.
Iran's Majlis (parliament) on Thursday approved President Hassan Rouhani' candidates for key posts in his cabinet while disqualifying three other nominees.
Police arrested a violent armed man, who has been creating panic with firing in the red zone area of Pakistani capital of Islamabad for more than five hours on Thursday night, local official said.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Thursday of potential instability in Iraq due to a convergence of persistent violence at home and an ongoing conflict in neighbouring Syria.
South Korea's top nuclear envoy departed for Moscow on Tuesday for talks over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear issue, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Iranian lawmakers started Monday debates on new President Hassan Rouhani's proposed cabinet lineup.
News Corp, one of the world's largest media and information services businesses, announced on Friday that Julian Clarke had been appointed as chief executive of News Corp Australia, replacing Kim Williams.
U.S. federal authorities on Thursday indicted two friends of the accused Boston Marathon bomber, for charges of obstructing justice.
The shooter accused of killing 13 and injuring more than 30 others at the Fort Hood Army Base in the U.S. state of Texas in 2009 admitted to committting the violence in front of a jury on Tuesday.
The White House on Thursday expressed "extreme disappointment" at Russia's grant of temporary asylum for fugitive American intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, saying Washington was evaluating a scheduled presidential summit in September.
Lon Snowden, father of fugitive former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, tells his son Wednesday on Russian television to stay in Russia because he won't get a fair trial in the United States.
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