A senior official said here Tuesday that the UN is "working hard" to convene an international conference on Syria in Geneva, Switzerland in mid-November in order to put an early end to the 30-month Syrian crisis.
The first cross-Strait peace forum, an important platform for non-official political dialogue between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, opened here on Friday to rally political wisdom and expand consensus.
A group of hooded perpetrators attacked with petrol bombs the political office of Greek Shipping Minister Miltiades Varvitsiotis on Wednesday evening, causing material damages, but no injuries, according to police.
Six major business and industrial associations in Taiwan on Tuesday issued a joint statement that urged the island's politicians to cease the current political strife and restore the development of Taiwan's economy.
Political missions deployed in volatile environments around the world are " indispensable" in defusing tensions, bringing countries back from the brink of conflict and building sustainable peace, said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon here Wednesday.
China on Monday expressed "strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition" to a newspaper opinion piece by a British minister and has urged Britain to immediately stop interfering in Hong Kong's internal affairs.
There can be no retreat on the political transitional roadmap in Egypt, Egyptian interim President Adly Mansour said Tuesday in his first TV interview aired by the State TV.
More people from Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) should participate in non-official political talks across the Taiwan Strait, a mainland scholar said Monday.
Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Sunday said the coalition government will stay in power until the end of their term in 2015, rejecting calls for snap elections to resolve a political crisis eroding Lisbon's credibility with lenders and investors.
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Monday refused to resign under mounting pressure due to allegations of illegal financing in the ruling party.
Myanmar government brought four armed groups to the negotiation table in the first half of this year and the peace process is in progress.
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry on Saturday urged the United States to dismiss its prejudice regarding the political turmoil in Beijing in 1989 and stop interfering in China's domestic affairs.
Road for forming the new government was finally opened on Wednesday after Enrico Letta, a center-left politician named by President Giorgio Napolitano as the new Italian prime minister, said he will get started immediately to overcome impasse.
The European Union (EU) on Monday decided to lift sanctions against Myanmar, while keeping the arms embargo.
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference concluded on Tuesday morning in Beijing.
The newly-elected leader of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference pledged Tuesday to promote consultative democracy, saying that it embodies the intrinsic requirements of socialist democracy.
The first session of China's top political advisory body opened in Beijing on Sunday afternoon.
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