Following the inclusion of central China's Shennongjia on UNESCO's World Heritage list on Sunday, a series of protection measures and plans will debut, local authorities said Monday.
A fire erupted at an army camp outside the Sri Lankan capital on Sunday, resulting in multiple explosions at the camp and forcing evacuation of nearby villagers.
A conference was held in Beijing on Sunday to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity and the 60th anniversary of the initiation of nature reserves in China.
Violence flared up again in the troubled township of Vhuwani, Limpopo Province Wednesday despite intervention by State Security Minister David Mahlobo.
The Myanmar authorities will restrict jade mining in mining area in Lonekhin and Hpakant mining block areas in northernmost Kachin state, Minister of Resources and Natural Environment Conservation U Ohn Win told the House of Nationalities (Upper House) on Wednesday.
At least six policemen were killed during a clash with militants in Pakistan's east Rajanpur district on Wednesday afternoon, local Urdu media reported.
A man was killed and two others were injured and taken to a hospital following a shooting at a signage business in Sydney's outskirts, Australian police said Monday.
Bombings claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (IS) group killed at least 33 people in a Shiite area of Baghdad Sunday, officials said, the deadliest attacks in the Iraqi capital this year.
At least nine tribal policemen were killed in two separate attacks by militants who also destroyed a girls'school in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Mohmand Agency on Thursday, local media reported.
Five migrant workers have been killed after falling off the edge of a mountain while digging jade stones in Phakant, Myanmar's northernmost Kachin state, an official report said Thursday.
Up to 62 Islamic State (IS) militants and 48 security members were killed on Saturday in U.S.- led coalition air strikes, four suicide bomb attacks and clashes with Iraqi security forces, security sources said.
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At least eight militants were killed when Pakistani military launched an airstrike in the country's northwest tribal area of Khyber Agency on Friday, local media reported.
After 20 months of frantic searching, missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 could be found in a matter of months after the hunt switched to an area identified by a British Boeing 777 captain.
There is much debate over the cause of the landslide at the 52nd kilometre of the Karak Highway which completely cut off traffic with a torrent of mud and debris.
The body of a boy believed to be missing 10-year-old Alex Fisher has been found.
At least four Indian military troopers were killed Monday fighting militants in a fierce gunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.
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