The Republic of Korea's top policymaker on inter-Korean affairs said on Friday that the country could lift sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea if talks between the two sides resume.
In Japan, where conformity takes precedence over individuality, one of the most important values is to avoid meiwaku - causing trouble for others.
College-educated 36-year-old Eriko Sekiguchi should be a sought-after friend or date, planning nights on the town and faraway resort vacations. But she works in Japan, a nation where workaholic habits die hard.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on Friday gave a stern warning to those who are helping a high-profile terrorist target who managed to escape a police dragnet in the southern province of Maguindanao, saying the government "will run you over".
Party critics of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott launched a dramatic bid on Friday to unseat the unpopular conservative leader after less than 18 months in office, but he vowed to fight on.
Jordan said airstrikes against the Islamic State group are only the start of its retaliation for the burning alive of one of its pilots, vowing to "eradicate" the jihadists.
A video of a Jordanian pilot being burned to death is exceptional in its brutality, even for the Islamic State group, and is also a sign that the militants intend to raise the stakes in their propaganda efforts, experts said.
In a small South Carolina city, a war memorial honoring fallen soldiers from World War I and World War II divides them into two categories - "white" and "colored".
Lisbon's chocolate fair opened on Thursday at Campo Pequeno Square in the Portuguese capital, with dozens of local and international brands displaying tasty and unique cocoa products.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that the initiative she and French President Francois Hollande are taking to end the conflict in Ukraine was aimed at defending "Europe's peaceful order".
Two people died in what appeared to be an "isolated" murder-suicide on Thursday at the University of South Carolina, police said, after the campus was placed on lockdown. The deaths occurred at the university's school of public health, the Columbia Police Department said on Twitter.
New steps likely to prevent slowdown in base money growth
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