US House links spending bill to 'comfort women'

The US House of Representatives has for the first time passed a $1 trillion spending bill to which a document is attached, calling for US Secretary of State John Kerry to encourage Japan to address the issue of "comfort women" - women forced to be sex slaves for the Japanese military during World War II, Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

2 arrested in tourist gang rape, more being sought

Two suspects arrested in the gang rape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist in New Delhi are unemployed young men who allegedly attacked the woman for nearly three hours before fleeing with her belongings, police said on Thursday.

New Egyptian Constitution approved in 2-day vote

Egyptian voters overwhelmingly backed a new constitution that paves the way for the army chief to run for president, early results showed on Thursday, but turnout figures will provide a key measure of his popularity.

US 'double standards' threaten other nations

China, Russia propose international regulations on information security

Obama set to speak about NSA activity

After months of gushing intelligence leaks and warnings that US national security has gone rogue, US President Barack Obama was scheduled to finally give his response to Edward Snowden on Friday.

US airlifts Rwandan forces into Central African Republic

Rwandan troops flew on US military aircraft to the Central African Republic on Thursday as part of an African Union mission to the war-torn nation, the Rwandan army said.

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Beijing rebuts Tokyo's Africa claims

China's cooperation with Africa indeed differs from Japan's, but not the way Tokyo says it does, officials and observers said on Wednesday.

No forgetting Japanese brutality, war vet says

China's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Liu Xiaoming, replied to a letter from a 98-year-old British war veteran who supported an article written by Liu condemning Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his aggressive attitude toward re-militarizing Japan.

China seeks to calm US fears over missile

The Ministry of National Defense issued a statement on Wednesday dismissing media reports that China's recent ultrahigh-speed missile test flight was aimed at delivering warheads through the missile defenses of the United States.

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$2.4b in Syrian aid pledged

More than 60 countries pledged $2.4 billion on Wednesday for millions of Syrians facing a humanitarian crisis as the country's almost three-year conflict grinds on.