Saudi Arabia is expected to receive more than 1.3 million foreign pilgrims this Hajj season, with majority from south Asian countries, Arab News reported on Tuesday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on the warring parties in South Sudan to "immediately implement" an agreement on the cessation of hostilities and "uphold their commitment to establishing a Transitional Government of National Unity."
Tokyo stocks dropped 0.59 percent Tuesday as market sentiment was cooled by the yen's appreciation and profit-taking after recent rallies.
AMC's "Breaking Bad" won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony here on Monday night.
"Modern Family" won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for the fifth consecutive year on Monday night.
Rebellious inmates and authorities reached an agreement Monday afternoon after four inmates were killed in a prison riot in the southern city of Cascavel in Parana state, local press said.
Indonesian outgoing president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and president-elect Joko Widodo were scheduled to have a meeting aimed at smoothing transfer of power as energy subsidy issue would likely to highlight in the meeting.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, opened its bi-monthly session on Monday with a dozen important bills under review.
Beijing traffic authorities are cracking down on illegal operation of motorcycles, motor tricycles and electric tricycles to improve road safety.
The number of people left homeless by the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit southern Peru on Sunday has climbed to 128, the National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI) said Monday.
Wetlands, including inland and coastal swampland, occupied 10,410 square km of land area, or 9.3 percent of Cuba, the Cuban News Agency (ACN) reported Monday.
OP-Pohjola, the largest financial services group in Finland, lowered its forecast for Finland's economic growth in 2015 from 2.0 percent to 0.6 percent.
Nepal's political parties are making little effort to resolve the contentious issues of the new constitution, party leaders and observers said on Monday.
The DPRK on Monday voiced its frustration over the UN Security Council's failure to take up its request for an emergency meeting on what it said "gangster-like" joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises.
There's an old saying in China that a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold, but one anti-corruption official's accusations involving the name change of a medicinal herb may prove it can cost much more.
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden on Monday once again stressed the formation of a new government in Iraq as an "integral" part of efforts to combat the Islamic State rampaging in the northern part of the country.
The U.S. dollar strengthened against most major currencies Friday and rose versus the euro as the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates in 2015 while the European Central Bank (ECB) may expand monetary easing measures.
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