China, Russia and Mongolia inked a development plan here on Thursday to build an economic corridor linking the three neighbors, pledging to boost transportation connectivity and economic cooperation in border regions.
Three people were arrested Tuesday morning at the New Jersey side of the Holland Tunnel after authorities found cache of weapons in their van during a regular police stop, according to local media.
National University of Singapore takes the top spot in the Times Higher Education Asian University Rankings 2016.
The defense ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea at a meeting Saturday confirmed that the three countries will closely cooperate to deal with North Korea’s nuclear and missile development programs.
A Cambodian court on Friday convicted three military commandos of beating up two opposition lawmakers outside the parliament last year, and sentenced them to one year each in prison. The legislators’ lawyer called the punishment too lenient.
Environmental NGOs are suing three chemical plants in a high-profile case of alleged soil contamination that may have affected students at a school in eastern China.
At least seven policemen, deployed to guard polio-eradication teams, were killed and three others injured when gunmen opened fire at them in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Wednesday, officials said.
The Pentagon said Thursday the footprint of the Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan had been "significantly decreased," but warned that the extremist group still had the potential to be an "enormous threat."
Nicaragua government confirmed on Monday that three new cases of the Zika virus have been detected, raising the total number to 129.
A blown up electricity pole fell on a truck on Wednesday, killing two solders and injuring three others in Thailand's southern border province of Narathiwat.
A local court in India's eastern state of West Bengal Saturday sentenced three convicts to death and three others to life imprisonment for the gang-rape and murder of a 21-year-old woman, officials said.
The authorities have urged residents in the Australian state of Victoria, especially those living in country areas, to be on high alert following a string of recent snake attacks across the state.
As the Communist Party of China (CPC) makes reforms to revive the country's past glory, it is also making critical steps for the cause by improving its style of work and building its integrity.
The Japan Sport Council (JSC) on Tuesday began three days of deliberations with experts including the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) and athletes who will provide their input on two designs proposals that have been shortlisted to be the main stadium for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will be in Malaysia on Nov. 20-23 and attend the 18th ASEAN-China, Japan and South Korea (10+3) leaders' meeting in Kuala Lumpur, an opportunity which could further advance the trilateral cooperation mechanism between China, Japan and South Korea so as to foster an East Asia economic community.
Leaders of South Korea, Japan and China called for greater trilateral cooperation in trade and security on Sunday (Nov 1) and agreed to face up to history.They also urged more efforts in resuming six-party talks aimed at denuclearising North Korea and promoting peace in North-east Asia.
At least 13 people including seven children were killed in a landslide that buried three camps in the slums in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi early Tuesday morning.
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