Turkey police storm protest square in new clashes

Riot police stormed Istanbul's protest square on Tuesday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at firework-hurling demonstrators in a fresh escalation of unrest after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would meet protest leaders.

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Taliban attack Kabul airport

Seven Taliban insurgents including suicide bombers attacked the main airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul, early on Monday, with explosions and gunfire heard near an area that also houses major foreign military bases.

Better Sino-US relations benefit world: experts

More stable relations between China and the United States are in the interests of Europe and the world, said European experts.

Women at the forefront of Turkish protests

They are young, urban and well educated, and for the past week they have been sleeping in an Istanbul park: meet the women on the frontline of Turkey's mass anti-government protests.

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DPRK, ROK officials meet in Panmunjom

The first working-level talks in more than two years between officials of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea began on Sunday in the border village of Panmunjom, according to the ROK's Yonhap News Agency.

Thousands of Turks defy call to end protests

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party on Saturday ruled out early elections as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators defied his call for an immediate end to protests.

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South Africans pray as Mandela remains hospitalized

South Africans prayed for Nelson Mandela's recovery on Sunday as the 94-year-old former president spent a second day in hospital with a recurring lung infection.

Showtime for modern Chongqing

On a map, the narrow Yuzhong Peninsula, bounded by the Jialing River to the north and the Yangtze River to the south, resembles a smaller version of Manhattan Island in New York.

Leaving the fields behind, villagers become city slickers

"When I leave the apartment, I will always remember to turn off the gas," said Xu Chaohui in a serious voice.