A preparation committee was launched on Tuesday to carry out work for the establishment of a foundation tasked with helping improve the lives of ageing former Korean comfort women, who were forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday pledged up to $500 million to develop the southern Iranian port of Chabahar, laying a railway line from the port city to Zahedan, in a move to give his country trade access to Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia. Up to 12 agreements of cooperation have also been signed between India, Iran, and Afghanistan.
Japan is to rent up to five Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force TC-90 training aircraft to the Philippines, which will be Japan's first provision of SDF aircraft to a foreign country, Japan's Defense Ministry said on Monday.
Concerns over the implementation of a recent deal between Turkey and the European Union (EU) to cut back on irregular migration have not completely dissipated.
The landmark signing of Paris climate deal by world leaders at a ceremony to be held on Friday in New York marks a significant milestone in efforts to save the planet from calamities associated with global warming, Kenyan experts have said.
Boeing Co. offered Iranian airlines three models of new aircraft to replace the country’s aging fleet during the first visit by the Chicago-based manufacturer in decades, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Monday.
The European Commission Monday said it is adopting an amendment to relocate people in need for international protection from Italy and Greece following Friday's agreement between the European Union (EU) and Turkey.
An agreement between South Korea and Japan on "comfort women" is "null and void," Yongsoo Lee, a South Korean survivor of Japanese military sexual slavery, said here on Tuesday.
The Australian government has approved the sale of the nation's biggest dairy farming company to Chinese billionaire Lu Xianfeng.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday sealed a deal for "special status" in the European Union (EU) after marathon talks, ahead of Britain's EU membership referendum expected to take place later this year.
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders's smashing victories in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday have complicated the path for U.S. Congress to approve the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal this year, with the booming anti-trade fervor haunting the 2016 presidential campaign.
Israeli and Turkish negotiation teams are set to meet Wednesday in Switzerland in an effort to finalize a rapprochement deal, local media reported on Tuesday.
Police were stepping up their presence in New Zealand's biggest city of Auckland Wednesday as critics prepared last ditch protests against the signing of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.
A total of 31,527 prisoners, most of whom were juveniles when they committed their crimes, have been released thanks to an amnesty deal, according to an official statement on Monday.
India and France Monday signed an MoU on purchase of Rafale fighter jets, the delayed multi-billion U.S. dollar arms deal between the two countries, said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The high-profile agreement stricken between South Korea and Japan on the issue of "comfort women" has drawn global applause as well as dubiousness over the motives of reaching such a deal and its real effect.
India may sign a major defense pact with France during French President Francois Hollande's visit in January next year, sources said Sunday.
简体中文
