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Asian-African leaders welcome China's initiatives to promote intercontinental cooperation

Leaders of Asian-African countries welcomed initiatives that China has offered to boost intercontinental cooperation, said a document adopted at the Asian- African summit which concluded here on Thursday.

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Asian-Afrian business summit an opportunity for business community: Egyptian delegate

​The Asian-African business summit is a very good platform for business leaders to discuss how to improve and expand their communications and opportunities, an Egyptian entrepreneur said on Tuesday.

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Summit of Americas to highlight poor U.S.-LatAm ties

​The United States' ongoing political scuffle with Venezuela and less than stellar ties with other Latin American countries are expected to take center stage at the upcoming summit of the Americas.

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S.Korea, ASEAN summit opens in Busan for strategic partnership

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday launched a special summit with 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the country's southeastern city of Busan.

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SAARC strives to gain momentum with fresh integration pledges

​The 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit ended here Thursday with mixed results highlighting the challenges the bloc faces in its integration process.

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South Asian leaders meet to break integration deadlock, spur growth

​Leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation met in Nepal's capital Kathmandu to discuss ways to promote integration as the organization pushes towards one community by 2030.

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ASEAN leaders pledge to announce national targets before key climate talks

Leaders from Southeast Asian nations have confirmed their determination to unveil respective national targets for mitigation efforts "well in advance of" a key global climate change meeting scheduled for December next year, according to a joint statement adopted at a regional summit here.

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NATO summit kicks off in Wales on hotspot issues

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Thursday kicked off its 26th summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, southeast Wales of Britain, with nearly 60 world leaders invited to attend the two-day gathering.

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Tripartite meeting holds on Ukraine crisis, regional economic ties

​Heads of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, the three states of the Customs Union (CU), plus Ukraine and representatives from the European Union (EU) met here Tuesday to discuss the Ukraine crisis and economic cooperation.

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UN chief welcomes U.S. proposal to limit power plant pollution

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Monday welcomed the initiative announced by the U.S. government to limit emissions from the country's power plants.

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Shanghai tightens security ahead of CICA summit

Shanghai has tightened security as it prepares for the upcoming 4th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) to be attended by several heads of state and leaders of international organizations.

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World leaders gather for nuclear security summit

The third Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) kicked off in the Hague on Monday, aimed at preventing nuclear terrorism around the globe.

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Netherlands ready for start of 2014 Nuclear Security Summit: PM

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Sunday officially opened the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit (NSS)'s International Media Center, saying the Netherlands is ready for the start of the largest summit ever held here.

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Effective security mechanism on nuclear materials urged

As world leaders are gathering in the Netherlands for the third summit on nuclear security, they were urged to establish an effective mechanism on the control of nuclear material.

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Summit between S. Korea, Japan, U.S. to be held in The Hague

Widely expected trilateral summit among South Korea, Japan and the United States will be held next week in The Hague, the Netherlands, the South Korean presidential office said Friday.

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S.Korea opens door for summit talks with Japan

South Korea's presidential spokesman said Monday that it has no reason to reject summit talks with Japan if the neighboring country shows sincere attitude toward historical issues, opening door for such talks possibly at the Nuclear Security Summit slated for later this month.

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South Korean president to be guest of honor at 22nd AU summit

South Korean President Park Geun-hye will be a guest of honor at the 22nd African Union (AU) summit to be held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa