A flurry of diplomatic efforts between China, the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have raised hopes for the release of US citizen Kenneth Bae and the resumption of stalled Six-Party Talks. The US State Department announced...
SEOUL - Republic of Korea and the Democratic People' s Republic of Korea officially signed an agreement on forming a joint committee to run the Kaesong industrial complex, Seoul's Unification Ministry said Thursday. Under the agreement, Seoul and Pyo...
Egypt's army-backed government shortened a night-time curfew by two hours on Saturday, 10 days after imposing it during a fierce crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood protesters in Cairo. Effective immediately, the curfew will last from 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) t...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who helped Bill Gates transform the company from a tiny startup into the world's most valuable business, announced plans on Friday to retire sometime in the next year - a move that presents another challenge to the tech g...
STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Syria's government is trying to destroy evidence of what he says is its use of chemical weapons against civilian targets near the capital last week. Kerry says there must be accountability for...
JERUSALEM, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Amid talks about a looming U.S.- led western attack on Syria, Israelis fearful of a possible Syrian retaliation flock to the gas masks distribution centers across the country, raising the demand by a fourfold in only tw...
LONDON, Aug. 27, (Xinhua) -- Britain's armed forces are working on contingency plans for military action as a response to the chemical weapons attack in Syria, media quoted Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman as saying Tuesday. Claiming unaccept...
MOSCOW, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Sluggish growth and spillovers of the U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to scale back its economic stimulus are expected to feature prominently in discussions at the upcoming leaders' summit of Group of 20 or G20, said Russian o...
PARIS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande on Thursday urged Egyptians to halt violence and make every effort to refrain from slipping into a civil war. The French head of state made the remarks when he summoned Thursday morning th...
MOSCOW, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The father of former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden had contacted his son via the Internet despite security concerns, Snowden's lawyer said Thursday. We don't recommend using the Internet for communication, no...
LONDON, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The official figures released on Thursday showed that Britain received more overseas visitors in the first half of this year. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said foreign residents made 15.24 million visits to Bri...
ANKARA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Turkey on Thursday strongly condemned a deadly car bombing which rocked southern suburbs of Lebanese capital of Beirut earlier in the day and left at least 17 people dead and 212 others injured. In a statement, the Turkish...
BAGHDAD, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A series of car bombs ripped through the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday, killing 21 and wounding 73, the latest wave of attacks in months-long escalation in violence. The attacks occurred when a total of six car bombin...
BAMAKO, MALI Ibrahim Boubacar Keita became Mali's president-elect after his rival conceded defeat in the August 11 run-off. The successful vote means that billions of dollars of pledged international aid should soon be on their way to help rebuild th...
Egyptian police are threatening to use live weapons to protect themselves against anti-government protesters who say they will not give up their fight. The Muslim Brotherhood, which demands the reinstatement of ousted President Momahed Morsi, is defy...
