After months of tensions featuring heated talks of war and intensive saber rattling, North Korea and South Korea agreed earlier on Monday to hold their first high-level meeting in six years later this week.
An Israeli government panel voted Sunday to increase the punishments for individuals suspected of aiding militant organizations operating here and abroad or convicted of carrying out terror attacks.
As Turkish unions went on strike on Wednesday, thousands of workers gathered in Kizilay Square of Ankara to protest over the police crackdown on the Gezi Park unrest.
Over Ninety percent of parents support educating minors about sex, and incorporating it into school education, the Beijing News, reported on Monday, citing a survey.
A controversial auction of Qian Zhongshu’s private letters has been a hot issue in China recently. The family life of Qian, China’s prestigious scholar-novelist is also interesting to the public.
Ma Mei is considering buying an iPad for her three-year-old daughter as a gift for International Children's Day, which falls on Saturday. But the child's grandmother has objected, saying she should spend more time outdoors instead of playing with a tablet.
Huang Mingzhen goes home once every three weeks, only to see the sullen, expressionless face of his 13-year-old son Huang Bo. Like Huang, many abducted children find it hard to be forcibly separated from their foster parents and integrate with their biological family. With Children's Day just around the corner, the well-being of these returned children has garnered widespread attention. Moreoever, around half of abducted children came from rural families, who often cannot afford to provide psychological counselling to these children undergone such a traumatic experience.
Pakistani Taliban confirmed that their deputy chief Waliur Rehman was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Wednesday and also withdrew their peace dialogue offer to the new government, local media reported Thursday.
China's copyright authorities have voiced support for a centenarian who urged a halt to an upcoming auction involving private missives written by her and her late husband, Qian Zhongshu, a renowned Chinese literary scholar.
A graffito left in an Egyptian temple by a teenage Chinese tourist and exposed online recently has caused his countryfolk to reflect on how to build a good national image.
The Australian government has released a report on how developing nations can be assisted to sustainably develop their mineral and energy resources, the ministry for resources and energy announced Friday.
The BRICS countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- pledged in a joint communiqu on the sidelines of the 66th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, to strengthen intra-BRICS cooperation in promoting health of their peoples.
China and India issued a joint statement Monday highlighting their commitment to expanding common ground in bilateral cooperation and coordination in various fields.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday rejected any dialogue with the kidnappers of seven soldiers in Sinai, who appeared in an online video to urge their release.
Eighteen finalists for Tourism Australia’s ‘Best Jobs in the World’ contest were announced Wednesday, and will travel Down Under in June for the final stage of the global competition.
Survivors on Sunday mourned victims of the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan quake that struck southwest China's Sichuan Province five years ago, while they are struggling to embrace a new life.
China's central bank on Thursday unveiled a technical guideline for foreign investors' yuan-denominated activities in the mainland's equity markets, moving a step closer in opening its capital markets and promoting the yuan's overseas use.
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