China will resume trade of treasury bond futures from September 6.
Senior Russian and Japanese diplomats held consultations here Monday over a peace treaty and territorial disputes.
At least 25 policemen were killed and three others wounded in an attack by militants targeting two buses in Egypt's North Sinai, a security official told Xinhua on Monday.
UN inspectors tasked with investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria arrived at the war-torn country Sunday.
Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi said the ministry condemns the gruesome incident in its strongest term. He added that the police have started investigation into the case and will bring those behind the crime to justice.
U.S. federal authorities on Thursday indicted two friends of the accused Boston Marathon bomber, for charges of obstructing justice.
Two men were arrested after a car crash and shooting in west Sydney, the New South Wales Police confirmed Thursday.
The head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, has condemned Tuesday the killing of Mario Sy, the third journalist killed in the Philippines in two days, and urged a thorough investigation into the killing.
A two-legged poodle in Xining in northwest China's Qinghai Province has become a hit on the Web after its owner invented a wheechair for the dog to help it walk again.
The H1N1 Influenza A virus has claimed the lives of 38 people so far this year in Argentina, a regional health official said Tuesday, following the confirmation of two more deaths in the western province of San Juan.
The surge of voter support for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since he reclaimed the Labor leadership appears to have stalled, according to the latest Newspoll.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the two other parties which support easing the rules for constitutional amendments are unlikely to secure the two-thirds majority in the upper house required to change the rules, Kyodo News exit polls showed following Sunday's election.
Tropical storm Cimaron, locally known as Isang, killed two children and injured two adults before it left Philippines' area of responsibility, the Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Friday.
U.S. and EU negotiators concluded Friday their first round of talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, laying out a framework for future discussions.
Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III sent Thursday two of his Cabinet officials to Malaysia where peace talks between the government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is going on.
The China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) has provided an important platform since 2009 for holding constructive discussions, building mutual trust and promoting ties between the world's two largest economies.
An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 that burst into flames after it slammed into the runway at San Francisco airport on Saturday morning has left two Chinese middle school students killed and 182 passengers injured.