The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Golan Heights observed Wednesday a heavy fighting between the Syrian armed forces and armed members of the opposition in and around locations in the central part of the area of separation,
China's central bank is currently verifying media report accusing a state-owned commercial bank of breaching the country's money-laundering rules, a spokesman said Thursday.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday nominated new prime minister and spy agency chief, presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.
Chinese police have identified Monday's deadly crash at downtown Beijing's Tian'anman Square as a terrorist attack and five suspects have been detained.
The samples collected by UN inspectors from the site of the alleged Aug. 21 chemical weapons attacks in Syria were shipped from The Hague, the Netherlands, Monday and will reach their designated laboratories "within hours, " said a UN spokesman.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Sunday strongly condemned "the upsurge of violence in Egypt," which reportedly left more than 70 people dead, and urged "all Egyptian leaders to urge their supporters to show restraint."
Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned the U.S. drone strike that killed two people in North Waziristan tribal agency late last Saturday.
The World Health Organization announced on Tuesday that no samples of the H7N9 bird flu virus has been found in pigs in China, so far.
British former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her spokesman announced Monday.
China's Foreign Ministry warns the Philippines not to build on islands in the South China Sea.
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