At least six people were killed Sunday when severe cyclone "Hudhud" hit the east coast of India with winds of almost 200 kmph, said officials.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday additional 212 million U.S. dollars in assistance to Palestinian people as an international donor conference for rebuilding Gaza opened in Cairo.
Indonesia has set target to secure access to clean water for all people across the country by 2019 and planned to provide drinkable water directly from the faucets in large cities, a senior official said here Thursday.
Rescuers have discovered 17 dead bodies after a boat sank in waters off East Java province on Tuesday, and would continue search and rescue operation on Thursday to find the rest missing people, official said here on Wednesday evening.
When the Communist Party of China's (CPC's) leadership launched the "mass-line" campaign last year, some people predicted that it would pass quickly like a gust of wind.
A top UN relief official in Iraq on Tuesday told reporters here that the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Iraq is more than a crisis of food and shelter, it is a "crisis of spirit" that requires urgent action from the international community.
Japan's 18th typhoon this season which whipped through southern Japan on Sunday and lashed the capital Tokyo on Monday has left at least one person dead and five missing, as torrential rain and hurricane-like gales forced the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to issue evacuation warnings to millions of people across the country.
Powerful Typhoon Phanfone which made landfall in central Japan Monday has left at least 4 people dead and 5 missing, local media reported Tuesday.
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying gave an urgent TV broadcast on Friday evening calling for peace after Occupy protesters clashed with anti-Occupy people in Mong Kok and Causeway Bay, Hong Kong's two major commercial areas.
The illegal gatherings of the Occupy Central movement instigated by some people in Hong Kong do not promote democratic and constitutional development in the special administrative region. Instead, they are ruining it.
Researchers have discovered that people have formed different defences against malaria depending on what part of the world they live in, according to a ground- breaking study.
China welcomes participation from Bangladesh in the development of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, a senior official said in Beijing on Thursday.
New Zealand's future could lie in the hands of about a million people -- but they don't seem to care.
Democracy is defined not only by people's right to vote in an election, also the right to participate in political affairs on a daily basis.
A photo exhibition portraying the daily life and changes experienced by the Chinese people since China's reform and opening up to the outside world was held in Indonesia's National Museum on Monday.
UN Refugee Agency steps up aid to help 130,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey
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