U.S. President Barack Obama has announced a plan to greatly reduce the current U.S. force of 32,000 now in Afghanistan, leaving only 9,800 troops there at the end of this year. Those troops would focus on training Afghan security forces and on counte...
Ukrainian soldiers and anti-government forces have clashed in the eastern city of Sloviansk. Footage provided by Ukraines Defense Ministry showed soldiers firing machine guns and mortars on Tuesday. On the same day, Ukraines Interior Minister Arsen A...
In Thailand, the army has arrested a minister in the deposed government who was talking to the worlds media in Bangkok. Chaturon Chaisaeng refused to surrender to the army, whove rounded up scores of politicians. He was making a speech condemning the...
The European Parliament has set the ball rolling for Jean-Claude Juncker, the former prime minister of Luxembourg, to be the President of the European Commission. In a statement, the European Parliament says it backs Juncker, a candidate of the cente...
Egypts Election Commission has extended polling for the countrys presidential election by one day. According to the state-run MENA news agency, voting will now enter a third day on Wednesday. The decision followed a lower-than-expected turnout in the...
Thailand is one of the top tourist destinations in the world. Last year, more than 26 million people visited the country. But months of unrest and a military takeover may finally be taking a toll on the countrys tourism industry. Bangkoks Khao San Ro...
The Chinese government has released a white paper detailing the progress made in human rights in 2013. The document covers nine aspects including social security rights, democratic rights and personal rights. In 2013, the annual per capita net income...
The China Academy of Cyber Space has released a report detailing the United States global spying record over the years. The report says the U.S. takes advantage of its political, economic, military and technological dominance to spy without restraint...
China has reiterated its sovereignty over the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang was speaking at a routine press briefing in Beijing. He was taking questions from reporters about last Fridays media briefing held...
Narendra Modi is sworn in today as India's new prime minister, following his Bharatiya Janata Party's general election win, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called Modi to congratulate him on taking office. Li said that China and India are importan...
This US surveillance report comes about a week after the US indicted five Chinese military officers. CCTV's Zhong Shi joins me now in the studio with more details on this record. Zou: Zhong Shi, many see this report as a direct response to the US acc...
Full coverage: Chinas Leaders Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged more efforts in promoting social stability and security in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He made the remarks at a meeting of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee. Presiden...
In southwest Yunan province, the blaze at Anning, which began last Wednesday, has been mostly brought under control after over ninety hours. Firefighters are now struggling to put out a new fire which broke out on Saturday. A further 300 soldiers and...
Courts in southern Vietnam have sentenced two men to prison, after finding them guilty of taking part in recent anti-China riots. The first man, 23 years old, received a three-year jail term for sabotage and causing public disorder. The second man, w...
China's State Internet Information Office has just published an America's Global Surveillance Record, a few days after the governments announcement that it would increase security checks for computer hardware and services. The Record is drafted by th...
