The visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday described the current year as a "vital year" for post-Taliban Afghanistan and called for more progress in the militancy-hit county.
The World Cup 2010 will have a positive impact to various aspects of life as the exciting event will be watched by millions of people, said a report.
President Barack Obama has invited BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg to meet him and senior administration officials at the White House next Wednesday, the White House announced on Thursday.
At the same time they are venting their fury on BP over the Gulf of Mexico spill and its calamitous environmental effects, Louisiana politicians are rushing to the defense of the oil-and-gas industry and pleading with Washington to bring back offshore drilling, now.
Tehran accused the West on Thursday of cheating the world on the UN resolutions to impose a new round of sanctions against the country and vowed to pursue its "peaceful " nuclear program.
Police in Hunan province have arrested four suspects accused of producing 210 million yuan ($31 million) in fake banknotes after busting the country's largest known forgery den to date, local police said on Thursday.
South African president Jacob Zuma has dedicated the first World Cup on African soil to his predecessor Nelson Mandela at the opening ceremony of the 60th FIFA Congress here Wednesday.
US scientists studying the Gulf of Mexico oil spill estimate the BP well could have been spewing as much as 40,000 barrels of crude a day into the Gulf.
For every five marriages civil affairs authorities in China registered last year, they registered one divorce, according to a report released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs on Thursday.
The government is looking at root and tuber crops, especially potato and sweet potato, to ensure adequate food supply for its rising population.
A 16-year-old California girl who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world has been found alive and well, adrift in the southern Indian Ocean with rescue boats headed toward her, officials said.
Countries surrounding Afghanistan, including China and Russia, are likely to make decisions on Friday that will help ease the situation in the war-torn country, where security has badly deteriorated since the beginning of June, a senior Chinese diplomat said.
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