Japan is turning to those hooded samurai-era acrobatic spies known as ninja to woo tourism.
Several Chinese iPhone users have claimed that their handsets caught fire or exploded, according to a Shanghai consumer watchdog which called on tech giant Apple to address the complaints.
The UN Security Council is scheduled to have an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss the current situation in Syria as Russia and the United States are at odds with each other over the airstrikes on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, diplomats told Xinhua here Friday.
The United States on Sunday called Russia's action in Syria "barbarism," not counter-terrorism, while Moscow's United Nations envoy said ending the war"is almost an impossible task now" as Syrian government forces, backed by Moscow, bombed the city of Aleppo.
The UN Security Council on Friday (Aug 26) strongly condemned North Korea for test-firing ballistic missiles and agreed to take “significant measures” in response the latest series of launches.
The British Council has obtained a licence from the education authorities to operate its first kindergarten in Hong Kong, the organisation announced yesterday.
Taiwan's economic recovery remained weak in February, as the overall business indicator flashed blue for a ninth month, new data showed Monday.
An independent advisory panel of German government said on Tuesday that a mechanism allowing member states to go bankruptcy should be created in the eurozone to prevent crises.
Members of the UN Security Council are yet to reach an agreement on whether an international tribunal should be established to try those allegedly responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 17, 2014, Gerard van Bohemen, New Zealand's ambassador to the UN, told reporters here Monday.
The dangerous presence of a five- meter white shark has forced authorities to close beaches around Newcastle on the east coast of Australia, for almost a week after it has continued to hunt near coastal waters.
Fiji was re-elected on Friday to the council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) for a four- year period starting from Jan. 1, 2015, the Fijian government announced.
Russia on Monday circulated among members of the UN Security Council a draft resolution on humanitarian situation in the southern and eastern parts of Ukraine, saying that "the Security Council must react to the escalation of the situation in southeastern Ukraine."
South Korea on Thursday assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for May.
Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented moved, formally rejected on Tuesday its two-year term on the UN Security Council, clearing the way for Jordan to take the seat as a replacement.
The UN Security Council on Thursday approved a plan proposed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon to eliminate Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons.
The UN Security Council, while seeing the "need to try to break the stalemate" over alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, recognizes "the geopolitics of this has shifted to the G20" meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, where world leaders meet for the next few days, the council president said on Wednesday.
The UN Security Council on Thursday called on all parties in Egypt to "exercise maximum restraint" and put an end to violence in the Middle East country after 500 people were killed in clashes between security forces and protesters seeking the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Morsi.
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