U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has reassured his visiting Israeli counterpart that the United States will remain "clear-eyed" over the development of the Iran nuclear issue, said the Pentagon officials Wednesday.
Singapore's research and development investments are seeing encouraging outcomes, local broadcaster Channel NewsAsia reported on Tuesday, citing an official of the National Research Foundation.
The Japanese government said Sunday that population of elders aged above 65 hit a record high at 31.86 million as of Sunday, a 1.12 million increase from a year earlier, marking that one in four people in the country are aged over 65, according local media.
Egyptian prosecutors referred Sunday ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 14 other people to a criminal court over the killing of a journalist and the violence that erupted over his controversial presidential declaration last year, official news agency MENA reported.
The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), Asia's largest oil and gas producer, confirmed on Thursday that it has decided to remove its four senior executives under investigation for "serious violations of discipline" from their posts.
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Wednesday called on the Brazilian government to hand over opposition Senator Roger Pinto Molina, who was smuggled into Brazil over the weekend to avoid a one-year jail sentence for corruption.
Three senior executives of the China National Petroleum Corporation, Asia's largest oil and gas producer, are now under investigation over suspected "serious violation of disciplines", the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission said on Tuesday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Wednesday discussed over phone with his Israeli counterpart Moshe Yaalon about security issues in the Middle East, the Pentagon said.
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) on Tuesday named Mahmoud Ezzat as its new leader after the Egyptian government dealt another blow to the group by arresting its supreme guide Mohamed Badie earlier in the day.
A nuclear reactor in South Korea abruptly broke down on Wednesday, boosting fears over power shortage amid a scorching heat wave.
The North American box office over the weekend was dominated by "The Butler", a biopic featuring what was happening at the White House throughout eight U.S. presidencies, as the film has drawn more enthusiastic moviegoers than expected, enabling it to outperform three other new wide releases.
The Nicaraguan government Wednesday confirmed the arrival of an oil rig to be used for oil exploration in disputed Caribbean waters.
Britain is considering taking legal action against Spain over the lengthy checks by Spanish officials at the border with the contested territory of Gibraltar, Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman said on Monday.
One of the two drug traffickers has been shot dead in exchange of fire with the police in Hpa-an, Myanmar's southeastern Kayin state over the last two days, official media reported Tuesday.
Hong Kong and Singapore, both known for their clean governments, had slaps on their faces over anti-corruption affairs.
South Korean economy grew at a modest pace despite lingering downside risks such as uncertainties over the U.S. quantitative easing, a government report showed Tuesday.
Sri Lanka's tourism watchdog has downgraded arrival targets for 2013, an official said here on Monday, in what could be the first time that the industry fails to meet expectations since the end of a three decade conflict in 2009.
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