Chevron's Gorgon Project of the Western Australia northwest coast is expected to be delayed further after workers overwhelmingly supported taking industrial actions over work roster concerns.
Chinese legislators are working on a law specifically for domestic violence that highlights prevention and introduces habeas corpus, bringing traditionally silent victims under protection of law.
Sri Lankan voters on Monday queued up to cast their votes for a parliamentary election amidst tight security to elect a new 225 member parliament and a new government.
The Iraqi parliament on Tuesday voted unanimously for Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's crucial reform plan that put Iraq at crossroads after recent demonstrations against corruption and poor services.
Despite all the criticism and skepticism, Iran's nuclear deal with six world powers still remains the most viable option for the international community to unravel this decade-old conundrum and help bring lasting peace to the most volatile part of the world.
Although security campaigns are necessary for fighting growing terrorism in Egypt, education and development are key tools to bring up a sound generation and combat prevailing extremist thoughts in the most populous Arab country, said Egyptian experts.
At least 64 prisoners staged a jailbreak at a prison in southern Brazil on Sunday night, according to Brazilian police on Monday.
Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott will meet with the nation's eight state territory leaders at a retreat in Sydney over Wednesday and Thursday to gain common ground on the future shape of Australia's federation.
Although many presidential candidates' blueprints are grabbing headlines in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. elections, it seems that most Americans still hold a dim view of both Democrats and Republicans.
A large banner was spotlighted with "SILK ROAD IN THE WORLD" in English and chinese characters to highlight Silk Road and the Chinese civilization in the grand parade at Edinburgh Festival Carnival on Sunday.
Uruguayan forward Diego Forlan has agreed to sign for Montevideo side Penarol, confirmed club executive Edgar Welker on Wednesday.
An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced 24 defendants to death penalty over charges of killing about 1,700 soldiers when the Islamic State (IS) militants seized the city of Tikrit, the capital of Salahudin province, in June 2014, judicial spokesman said.
A year ago when Weli Amet decided to leave Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China to work in a shoe factory in the south, he was unsure of the choice.
A total of 61 people were killed on Sunday, most of them were Islamic State (IS) militants, in clashes, air strikes and gunfire across Iraq, security sources said.
China and the United States will exchange the second offers of negative lists, which outline sectors closed to foreign investment, for negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) in early September, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting for its summer plenary session in Strasbourg, passed a resolution on Tuesday calling on the U.S. to "allow Mr Edward Snowden to return without fear of criminal prosecution under conditions that would not allow him to raise the public interest defence."
As many as 14 Syrian children recruited by the Islamic State (IS) group have recently been killed during the terror group's battles in Iraq, a monitor group reported on Tuesday.
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