China's top legislature on Thursday ratified two new national days, one to mark victory of the war against Japanese aggression and the other to commemorate victims in the Nanjing Massacre.
UN relief chief Valerie Amos expressed her disappointment on Saturday over an attack on a humanitarian aid convoy in Syria's besieged old Homs city.
More than 8 million train trips are expected to be made on Thursday, the final day of the week-long Spring Festival holiday, as millions return to work from family reunions, according to the China Railway Corporation (CRC) on Thursday.
At least two people were dead and three others injured after a bomb was thrown at an onion-laded truck in a northwestern Bangladesh district on early Friday, the third day of Bangladesh opposition's countrywide non-stop blockade, police said.
Dense fog enveloped the Indian capital for the second day in a row on Tuesday, disrupting air and train services, officials said.
The Chinese government on Wednesday unveiled holiday arrangements for 2014 after it sought opinions from the public through polls on major websites.
Last week's winner "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" still led the box office this weekend and Thanksgiving holiday. Disney's animation "Frozen" became the second hottest film."Hunger Games: Catching Fire" grossed 110.2 million U.S. dollars in the five-day Thanksgiving holiday (from Wednesday night to Sunday), becoming the best-selling and most popular movie of all time to surpass 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, " which earned 82.4 million dollars during the holiday.
The day of Ashura, or the 10th of Muhharam in the Islamic calendar, was observed in Afghanistan peacefully amid tight security, enabling the mourners to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), and his companions in Karbala of Iraq 14 centuries ago.
The Chinese public have been voting online about the country's public holidays, with many wanting current arrangements to be changed
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday announced the multi-agency team has defeated attackers and "that part has been completed."
A trial operation initially set for Sept. 5 by a fisheries cooperative in Iwaki city, Fukushima Prefecture will be postponed due to toxic water leak, local media reported Thursday.
A trial operation initially set for Sept. 5 by a fisheries cooperative in Iwaki city, Fukushima Prefecture will be postponed due to toxic water leak, local media reported Thursday.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Thursday announced that Spain would observe three days of mourning for the victims of the train accident in the country's northwestern region of Galicia which has claimed at least 80 lives.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced Thursday two upgrades in the provision of Renminbi (RMB) liquidity to authorized institutions participating in RMB business in Hong Kong to make short-term RMB funds easier to access.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced two upgrades in the provision of renminbi liquidity to authorized institutions participating in renminbi business in Hong Kong on Thursday, including the provision of overnight funds available on the same day, which will take effect from Friday.
Twenty-nine giant carnivals are planned in Honk Hong on July 1, the day of the 16th Anniversary of its reunification with China, hoping to attract an audience of 100,000.
A local women group submitted a petition to Hong Kong government officials on Thursday, calling for accelerating the legal process of granting paternity leave to male employees.
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