Analysts have lowered forecast of further interest rate rises after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) held its official cash rate at 3.5 percent Thursday, saying a significant depreciation in the country's overvalued dollar was expected.
At least nine militants had been killed in shooting out with police in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday afternoon, police said.
Finnish Defence Minister Carl Haglund said Sweden should make public the reasons it started a major underwater intelligence hunt last week.
Those who self-harm as teenagers are more at risk of developing mental health problems as adults, new research in Britain from the biggest study of its kind has revealed.
Brazilian health authorities announced Monday a Guinean citizen admitted to a hospital last week with possible Ebola symptoms is free of the disease.
China's Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said Monday the Occupy Central movement had severely affected citizens' life, hoping to get life in Hong Kong back to normal as soon as possible without causing a huge conflict.
Hong Kong government announced Thursday evening that it suspended formal meeting with representatives of students participating in the Occupy Central movement scheduled for Friday afternoon since student leaders called on more people to join the sit-in protest.
A piece of a 600-year-old Maori canoe is providing New Zealand researchers with valuable insights into the Polynesian exploration of the Pacific in pre-European times.
FBI says IS executioner in beheading videos identified: report
Cypriot authorities said on Thursday night that no proper crew was found on a trawler from which 345 people fleeing Syria were rescued earlier in the day.
The Spanish government has confirmed Rafael Catala Polo as the new Justice Minister following the resignation of Alberto Ruiz Gallardon.
Following the publishing of a controversial report, members of the Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM) have been summoned to the Supreme Court on Thursday, local media reported.
Singapore police is investigating into a suspected leak of the personal details of more than 317,000 members of Karaoke entertainment operator K Box, local media reported on Tuesday.
One of Russia's largest fish-processing factories in the northern port city of Murmansk has been forced to suspend operations lately due to newly imposed sanctions.
Administering three doses of erythropoietin (EPO), a blood-doping hormone that stimulates the formation of red blood cells, immediately after birth may significantly reduce brain damage in very preterm infants, a study published by the Journal of American Medical Association said Tuesday.
Ebola suspect in Spain given all clear after tests
The 44-day long annual pilgrimage to the Hindu shrine of Amarnath concluded in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Tuesday.
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