The Syrian Democratic Force (SDF), a new Western-backed rebel alliance, continued its progress against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria's al-Hasakah province near the Iraqi borders on Sunday, a monitor group reported.
A 68-year-old South Korean man visited a small clinic in his hometown Asan, south of capital Seoul, as he coughed and had fever. Doctors might have diagnosed him with a simple flu or pneumonia, but he was referred to a bigger hospital to seek better medical services, then he went to Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, one of the country's biggest hospitals in which he was confirmed to have been the index case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and dozens more were infected later.
A total of 125 security personnel gave up fighting and joined Taliban militants after three days of fighting in Tirgaran volley of Wardoj district, Badakhshan province with Faizabad as its capital, district governor Dawlat Mohammad Khawar said Sunday. "After three days of fierce fighting between the government forces and Taliban rebels for the control of Tirgaran volley, 125 police personnel gave up fighting and joined the Taliban Saturday night," Khawar told Xinhua.
A commonwealth organization has demanded an industrial polluter in Shandong province receive hefty penalties when filing the country's first environmental lawsuit under a new law that came into effect on Jan.1.
The H1N1 virus or swine flu has killed over 800 in India since the beginning of the year, said health officials Sunday.
Myanmar and Thailand have stepped up cooperation in drug control with Thailand agreeing to provide Myanmar with 596,698 U.S. dollars in aid for curbing narcotic drugs, an official report said Monday.
The Australian Federal Police have admitted they are struggling to deal with the exodus of young Australians leaving the country to fight for the Islamic State (IS) terror organisation.
Civil aviation authorities from China and Mongolia are scheduled to apply the same air traffic control separation standards from Sept. 18.
An inspection of China's air pollution law enforcement has begun, in advance of revision to the law later this year.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday ordered inspections of Boeing 767 airplanes, saying problems with the elevator system that helps the jet climb and descend could result in a "possible loss of control of the airplane."
China's National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) on Wednesday urged local health departments to strengthen prevention and control work against H7N9 avian flu as more cases were reported recently.
Several casualties are feared as a major fire engulfed a timber yard near a residential area in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh's capital Hyderabad on Monday, a police official said.
Unidentified gunmen on Monday morning took control of the Congolese national TV (TRNC), according to the police of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A booby-trapped motorcycle ripped through a military vehicle in Syria's northern province of Qamishly, leaving unknown number of casualties, the pan-Arab Mayadeen TV reported.
U.S. President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Sunday to honor the victims of Monday's shooting rampage at Washington Navy Yard, a White House spokesman said on Wednesday.
While Monday marked one of the deadliest mass shootings at a military installation in U.S. history, the tragedy is unlikely to re-ignite a major push for gun control, experts said.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection on Tuesday issued a stricter regulation on light vehicle emissions, the fifth of its kind in the country, which will be fully implemented nationwide on Jan. 1, 2018.
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