At least 39 people were killed and 51 others wounded in three bombing attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.
At least 59 people were killed and 196 others wounded on Thursday in separate violent attacks across Iraq, including a wave of car bombings in the capital of Baghdad that left 40 people dead, police said.
A Panamanian-registered cargo ship carrying 19 people sank in South Korea's southeast Pohang harbor amid a storm at around 21:30 local time on Tuesday, leaving 10 people dead and one missing, according to the Chinese Consulate General in Busan.
At least 99 people have been confirmed dead in the magnitude 7.2 earthquake in central Philippines, the country's disaster relief agency said Wednesday.
After the week-long National Day holiday that ended on Monday, many Chinese people found themselves even more fatigued than usual as they battled large crowds.
Typhoon Fitow has affected the life of 4.56 million people in east China's Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said on Monday.
At least 51 people were killed and about 270 injured in Egypt's clashes between security forces and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) on Sunday, official news agency MENA reported, citing the health ministry.
Since the holiday kicked off on Tuesday, relatively comfortable weather across the country, toll-free highways, admission ticket discounts, and lower gas prices have combined to make this so-called Golden Week the best time for traveling.
New Zealand's median weekly pay packet rose by 4.8 percent to 844 NZ dollars (700 U.S. dollars) in the year to the end of June, driven up by an aging workforce, the government statistics agency announced Friday.
Myanmar President U Thein Sein recently called for effective and efficient use of international grants and loans in the people-centered development projects, saying that such aid, along with local and foreign investment, are to be used in implementing sectorwise and regionwise development projects instead of relying on the state budget only.
At least 42 people were killed and 63 wounded in violent attacks in Iraq on Sunday, government sources said.
As world leaders gather at the UN General Assembly to review the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of stamps featuring the artwork by the disabled were launched Monday at the headquarters of the world body, the first one of which showcases a well-known Chinese dance.
New Zealand's house price bubble and rising accommodation costs might be worse than previously thought with a new government-funded study on Monday showing about one in every 120 people, an estimated total of 34, 000, had no access to housing in 2006.
Disabled people remain one of the most needy groups in China with many living below the poverty line, said Zhang Haidi, chairwoman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation here Tuesday.
Pakistan Rangers arrested at least 1,366 people during the last 12 days of ongoing targeted operation that they launched in the country's violence-hit southern port city of Karachi against terrorists, target killers, kidnappers and extortionists, local media and official said on Tuesday.
A total of 33 people were killed and 45 others wounded in attacks on Saturday in Iraq, the police said.
The death toll from a road accident on Sunday in southwest China's Sichuan Province has hit 21, local authorities said on Monday.
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