Corruption poses a serious threat to Afghanistan’s nation-building and development agenda. Over the years, it has increased dramatically and emerged as one of the biggest challenges facing the country’s reconstruction efforts and strengthening national governance.
Public pressure and suspicions over the death of Lei Yang in the capital over the weekend are mounting, prompted by differing police accounts of the arrest and a lack of an explanation over how the man died.
China's economy will tend towards L-shaped growth as deep-rooted problems persist and new challenges emerge, according to an exclusive interview with an "authoritative figure," a term usually reserved for high-ranking officials, in The People's Daily on Monday.
External forces should not interfere in the South China Sea issue, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
President Xi Jinping has urged Party and government officials to work out people-centric reform measures, while warning that there will be "many hardships" ahead for China's reform drive.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) should refrain from irresponsible actions and attempts to achieve nuclear status, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday.
President Xi Jinping has called for the comprehensive detection of Internet risks to ensure online security.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Saturday that China has reached a four-point consensus with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos on the South China Sea issue.
Cooperation as a key tool in combating illegal drugs was a prevalent theme among speakers during Thursday's concluding sessions of the three-day UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs here.
The new boss of Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, Jack Ma, has promised not to interfere in editorial decisions
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called for deepening reforms in the country's education sector in order to better cultivate innovative minds.
Brazil's Supreme Court (STF) began an extraordinary session Thursdasy to rule on whether the impeachment vote against President Dilma Rousseff, scheduled for Sunday in the Chamber of Deputies, should be scrapped due to process irregularities.
The House of Representatives must carefully review the draft amendments of the terrorism law, particularly the regulations related to the arrest of terrorist suspects, an expert says.
A senior Russian diplomat said Monday that discussions about the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be removed from the current agenda of peace negotiations.
As world leaders grapple with intensified nuclear security threats, they should not be distracted by the immediate urgency of safeguarding nuclear facilities and slack off in addressing the fundamental problem of terrorism.
Two documents were passed Friday at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee presided over by General Secretary Xi Jinping.
Hong Kong’s “localists” should stick to Hong Kong’s core values of tolerance and mutual respect, moderate politician Ronny Tong Ka-wah urged – as his think tank Path of Democracy (PoD) prepares to recommend candidates in the coming Legislative Council election.
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