Five cult members stand trial Thursday morning on murder charges in Yantai Intermediate People's Court in east China's Shandong Province.
The River Nile banks in downtown Cairo, the most popular destination for taking a walk in Egypt, have fallen into darkness like most of the country's cities and neighborhoods as a result of the ongoing recurrent power outages.
U.S. air power helped Kurdish fighters retake a major Iraqi dam from terrorists over the weekend, but the Islamic radicals are still a formidable force in the embattled nation, and the United States may well stay in the fight for the foreseeable future, experts say.
The United States had recently attempted to rescue a number of American hostages, including slain journalist James Foley, held in Syria by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), but the mission failed, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby on Wednesday said.
A massive United Nations aid operation for displaced Iraqis is underway as a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) cargo jet carrying 100 tons of humanitarian supplies landed in a northern city of the country on Wednesday, a UN spokesman told reporters here.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush has joined a growing list of celebrities across the world to take the ice bucket challenge to help raise money for Lou Gehrig's disease and has nominated his predecessor Bill Clinton to do it next.
Botox, the popular wrinkle eraser, could also be effective in treating stomach cancers, a new study said Wednesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected, during his upcoming visit to Mongolia, to work with Mongolian leaders to explore effective ways to expand and deepen bilateral economic and trade relations between two countries.
South Korea and China have upgraded the bilateral partnership since the two nations set up diplomatic relations in 1992, especially on areas of trade, finance and culture, a South Korean think tank said Thursday.
Egypt on Wednesday called on Israelis and Palestinians to resume indirect talks mediated by Cairo, after the ceasefire in Gaza has been breached late Tuesday, foreign ministry said in a statement.
China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government on Wednesday announced the launch of the Preparedness and Response Plan for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) , setting out the measures in case of an outbreak of EVD.
Malaysia mulls cost sharing for MH370 search
Obesity could hinder the effects of a common drug that is used as part of a treatment to fight breast cancer in post-menopausal women, New Zealand scientists said Wednesday.
Police and transport authorities in China's far western Xinjiang region have ordered bus ticket purchases under real names starting next month.
It has never occurred to the 61- year-old Nadim that one day he would be busy checking his water tank atop his four-storey building every couple of hours to see the water level rather than spending his retirement times vacationing as he always dreamed.
China is willing to build an Asia-Pacific partnership with APEC members that will lead future cooperation in the region, said State Councilor Yang Jiechi on Wednesday.
A former railway official in south China's Kunming City was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve over corruption charges in Beijing on Wednesday.
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