South Korea and China reaffirmed their push for the bilateral free trade deal in the fifth round of talks held in China last week, the South Korean trade ministry said Monday.
Egypt's illicit gains authority decided on Wednesday to renew detention of former President Hosni Mubarak for another 15 days over illegally making fortunes for him and his family members using his power, official news agency MENA reported.
A relief fund for the Boston Marathon bombing victims has raised 20 million dollars in just over a week, local authorities announced on Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon announced Monday that they reached an agreement over arms deal worth 10 billion U.S. dollars.
At least three people were killed and over 22 others injured when a bomb hit a camp of peace militiamen in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Khyber Agency on Thursday afternoon, local media reported.
Sri Lanka's government has reassured families of over 26,000 migrant workers in South Korea of their safety as a tense situation prevails in the region, an official said here on Wednesday.
South Korea lodged a strong protest on Friday against Japan's renewed territorial claim over Dokdo islets, known as Takeshima in Japan, lying halfway between Seoul and Tokyo.
2013 marks the 20th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's classic movie "Jurassic Park ." To celebrate its two-decade existence, Universal Pictures has re-released it in theaters in 3D.
As Chinese prepare to mark Tomb-Sweeping Day, a few tech-savvy entrepreneurs have come up with a digital innovation that might change China's longstanding tradition of ancestor worship.
U.S. President Barack Obama left on Tuesday night for a three-day visit to the Middle East, with focus on Iran's nuclear program, the Syrian conflict and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday challenged the Iranian leaders to take "immediate and meaningful steps" now to reduce tensions over its controversial nuclear program, one day prior to his departure for a visit to the Middle East.
The islanders of Malvinas, known as the Falklands in Britain, on Monday voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to keep the disputed territory under British rule.
Injuries caused by a fallen meteorite in Russia's Urals region have risen to over 1,000, including over 200 children, the Russian Interior Ministry said on Friday.
South Korea and the United States launched a three-day joint naval military drill Monday in a show of force as speculation abounds over a potential nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Despite the curfew that started a few hours go in Egypt's three turmoil-hit governorates of Port Said, Suez and Ismailia due to the recent bloody clashes, a lot of anti-government protestors took to the streets Monday night, fearlessly violating the curfew and ignoring the deployed armed forces.
Greek parliament endorsed on Monday evening a bill containing the so-called last "prior actions" requested from international lenders before the release of the next bailout tranche to Athens in the framework of efforts to overcome the debt crisis.
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