Five men have been arrested over the alleged gang-rape and extortion of a Japanese tourist held as a sex slave for nearly a month in a basement near a famous Buddhist shrine in India, officials said on Sunday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued a furious statement on Sunday slamming the United States for imposing sanctions against government officials and the defense industry for an alleged cyberattack on Sony.
The Greek left-wing leader who is ahead in polls before upcoming elections has said his party's victory would start "necessary change" in Europe and stressed he would end austerity policies.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that foreign investors should no longer be viewed as a threat and signaled his country's decadeslong isolation from the world economy could soon end.
A British nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone was in a "critical" condition on Sunday, locked in isolation inside a specialist London hospital.
Somalia's government has confirmed that there are no cases of the Ebola virus in the Horn of Africa nation.
Tens of thousands of uniformed police officers from across the US were expected to attend the funeral on Sunday of the second New York Police Department officer fatally shot with his partner in their patrol car two weeks ago.
Cities along the Silk Road are enormous treasure troves of history, culture, architecture and the arts. A photography competition held by the imaging and optical producer Canon Inc invited photographers to focus their lenses on these Silk Road jewels, offering a glimpse into the glamour of the past and the vibrancy of the present.
"As long as I can afford their salaries, I will accept those Uygur people who come to ask for a job," he said. "I hope they can regard the restaurant as another home."
In mid-December, the temperature drops to nearly - 30 degrees C in Harbin, the capital city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.
December marked 75 years since chairman Mao Zedong wrote the famous eulogy that familiarized millions of Chinese with the name of Norman Bethune (1890-1939), after his death in China.
Canadian doctor Norman Bethune stayed in China for 22 months before he died of tetanus in a village in Hebei in 1939.
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