It's been confirmed Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to be making his first state visit to the US as President. Chinese ambassador Cui Tiankai says discussions are already underway about the logistics of the trip. The date for Xi Jinping's trip...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has met with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, suggesting the two countries enjoy huge potential for cooperation. The Chinese Premier is suggesting there is room for expanding cooperation in areas including financing...
Rescue and recovery operations are still underway after the crash of a passenger plane in Taipei yesterday. So far, 31 people are confirmed dead, while 12 others remain missing, after a TransAsia flight crashed into the Keelung River shortly after ta...
Jordan's government is vowing strong, earth-shaking and decisive action, following the release of an Islamic State video showing the death of a Jordanian pilot the group had been holding. The grizzly video shows the pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh being bur...
The Chinese, Russian and Indian governments have issued a new call for reform of the United Nations. The three-sides are also suggesting reforms need to be made of the international financial system. No specifics have been issued. This follows a meet...
China will step up reforms and innovation to speed up agricultural modernization in 2015, according to a key policy document released by the Party and government on Sunday. The document says as the Chinese economy, under the new normal, shifts from h...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is calling on Malaysian authorities to continue the search for the remains of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and its passengers. The comments come as the Malaysian government officially declares the ill-fated flight an acci...
Authorities in Jordan have reportedly released a female suicide bomber in a prisoner swap with the Islamic State militant group. But it's still unclear who the IS is going to free in return, a Japanese hostage or a captured Jordanian pilot. Syria's p...
Europe is remembering a time of darkness, as Tuesday marked 70 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. Some 300 Holocaust survivors returned to Auschwitz for a memorial event at the former site of the Nazi death camp, joined by world...
The Chinese government is calling on Japanese leaders to keep the promises made after the end of World War II and maintain regional peace and stability. The call follows word that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to alter the wording of the 1...
The anti-austerity Syriza party is on course to win a decisive victory in Greece's national elections. The most recent exit poll projected Syriza to get between 36 percent and 38 per cent of the vote. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who heads the con...
A breaking news here. According to the Saudi state TV, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has died in hospital aged in his 90s. King Abdullah was admitted into hospital last year due to lung infection. Ukrainian troops have abandoned their defense of Donets...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang says the world's second largest economy is not heading for a hard landing. Li was speaking at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a day after official data was released showing China posted its weakest gr...
New figures show China's economic growth slowed to just 7.4 percent last year, the weakest rate in over two decades. The rate is within market expectations though, and comes amid the government's efforts to rebalance the economy, weaning itself off o...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is leaving for Davos, Switzerland, today for the annual World Economic Forum. He will attend the session Wednesday and is expected to deliver a clear message of confidence in the world's second largest economy, amid the fra...
