Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for "all-out efforts" and an "overnight battle" to save lives following a fatal cruise ship accident on the Yangtze River late Monday night.
The "Belt and Road" initiatives, proposed by China, is a new opportunity for Myanmar in its economic development efforts, Myanmar's presidential spokesman U Ye Htut has told Xinhua in an exclusive interview in Nay Pyi Taw.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday pledged wider market access while meeting dozens of CEOs from international corporations.
Singapore government will launch 4,000 two-room flats this year and will raise the quota for singles to 50 percent, according to National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan's announcement on Tuesday.
China is lagging behind other countries in the creation of contemporary works that represent the peak of the country's cultural achievements, according to a leading heritage campaigner.
"Left toes pointed back, arms raised to your sides, knees bent, bodies slightly forward."
The Australian federal government has welcomed the release of Peter Greste on Monday after the journalist was finally allowed to return to Australia having spent 400 days in an Egyptian prison.
Visiting Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in the Iranian parliament Alaeddin Boroujerdi, congratulated the Shiite militant party of Hezbollah on its operation in retaliation to an Israeli airstrike.
Greek singer Demis Roussos died from cancer. He was 69.
An official in east China has been suspended after local disciplinary authorities launched an investigation into photos showing him in compromising positions went viral, the Beijing News reported Tuesday.
U.S. scientist Eric Betzig, William E. Moerner and German scientist Stefan W. Hell won this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush hinted Thursday that his younger brother, Jeb Bush, is willing to run for president but has not fully decided yet.
An Algerian armed group claimed on Monday responsibility for the abduction of a French tourist in the central north of Algeria, according to a video posted on internet by the group.
A three-minute video has been released by the Islamic State (IS) Thursday afternoon, showing a British hostage, saying he would show some facts and truth in a series of programs.
U.S. Oscar-winning comedian Robin Williams died from an apparent suicide on Monday at his Northern California home.
Recognizing that there were other equally qualified South Africans who were capable of doing what Mandela was doing, he relinquished power after just one-term in office.
A suspect in a bus fire that injured 30 people in east China's Zhejiang Province is thought to have carried out the attack to gain fame, said police on Tuesday.
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