South Korea's industrial output grew at a faster pace compared with the prior month due to solid exports, especially in the tech and auto sectors, a government report showed Monday.
The teenage son of Li Shuangjiang, a renowned Chinese tenor, was sentenced to ten years in prison for rape on Thursday, according to Beijing Haidian District People's Court.
An Israeli soldier was shot dead on Sunday evening by a Palestinian sniper in the West Bank city of Hebron, the spokesperson for the Israeli army confirmed to Xinhua.
Seven years after the "Curse of the Golden Flower," veteran director Zhang Yimou and his muse Gong Li have got together again for his new feature project "Gui Lai."
Japanese workers' minimum wages will increase 15 yen on a yearly basis to 764 yen per hour after revised wage tariffs take effect in the country's 47 prefectures in October, local media reported Wednesday.
U.S. space agency NASA said Saturday its moon probe was now "healthy" after engineers fixed mechanical problems it encountered shortly after Friday night's launch.
At least 15 people have been confirmed dead and more than 20 others injured, after a liquid ammonia leak at a refrigeration unit in Shanghai on Saturday.
Three senior officials were suspended from their posts at Linzhou Public Security Bureau in central China's Henan Province on Monday after a policeman allegedly attacked a baby girl after drinking alcohol.
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe who has won reelection as the country's next president will be sworn in Thursday, just days after his rival withdrew a legal bid to challenge his landslide victory of the poll, state media reported late Sunday.
Maritime officials said Monday that they would end the search operations for more than 30 Indonesians missing in Malaysian waters as there is little chance to find any survivors.
Autopsy reports have shown a watermelon vendor's death was caused by "external force."
A watermelon vendor who brawled with city management officers in central China's Hunan Province died of an intracranial hemorrhage caused by "external force," local police said Wednesday, citing autopsy results.
A Kenyan hotel worker accused of killing British tourist and abduction of his wife has been sentenced to death.
A court in north China's Hebei Province on Tuesday opened a trial for a man who allegedly added poison to frozen dumplings that sickened four Chinese and nine Japanese citizens.
The Egyptian constitution is expected to be amended within four months, after which parliamentary polls and then presidential election will be held, a presidential political adviser said Wednesday.
The Egyptian armed forces said late Thursday it avoids taking any exceptional measures against any political group or party in the country, a day after ousting Islamist-oriented President Mohamed Morsi.
A Jewish man had carried out a shooting rampage at a bank in southern Israel on Monday, in which four people were killed and seven others wounded, local media reported.