Chinese regulators have voiced support for breaking competition barriers during this year's parliamentary session as the government promised to open key industries wider to non-state enterprises.
Egypt's Cairo Criminal Court decided on Thursday to suspend the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 35 others charged with espionage to study requests to change the judges panel, state-run MENA news agency reported.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday called on the international community to be objective and restrained while assessing the political situation in the East European country.
A total of 300 polluting factories in Beijing will be shut down in 2014 to improve the city's air, said the municipal government.
A U.S. lawmaker on Wednesday officially filed his class-action lawsuit against the Obama administration over National Security Agency (NSA) data collection, joining with two prominent tea party leaders to make the announcement.
The South Sudanese government and rebels signed a cease-fire agreement on Thursday here to end weeks of fighting that has killed thousands and displaced half a million civilians.
The Hong Kong government will spend about 3 billion HKD in the coming financial year to tackle poverty, according to the city's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, including launching the long overdue low income family allowance and increasing the amount of old age allowance.
The State Council, China's cabinet, announced on Thursday it has appointed Wang Chao and Zhang Ming as vice foreign ministers.
China's budget smartphone maker Xiaomi shipped 18.7 million units in 2013 making 31.6 billion yuan (5.2 billion U.S. dollars) pre-tax, up 150 percent, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said Thursday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel voted to keep Germany a strong industrial location and to secure German jobs on Wednesday as the European Commision launched an investigation into Germany's subsidies for big electricity consumers.
Bolivian President Juan Evo Morales Ayma arrived in Beijing on Thursday morning for a three-day state visit to China.
A senior U.S. official reaffirmed Tuesday "strong security commitment" to South Korea and pledged continued "close" coordination in efforts toward the denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.
China's central authorities on Sunday published a regulation that explicitly ruled out dishes containing shark fins, bird nests and wild animal products in official reception dinners.
The Sinopec Group announced late Wednesday that it has suspended two company executives following the oil pipeline blast that killed 55 people in the east China city of Qingdao on Friday.
Newly elected Maldives President Abdulla Yameen is attempting to put his country's finances in order by reducing the salaries of State run organizations as the Indian Ocean group of islands attempts to cope with high levels of debt.
Japan and the European Union (EU) reiterated their commitment to conclude a bilateral Economic Partnership Agreement and Free Trade Agreement at an early date, according to a joint press statement here on Tuesday.
The Canton Fair, concluded on Monday in China's Guangdong Province, has given foreign businesses, especially those from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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