The timing and scope of sanctions relief are among crucial sticking points as Iran and the six major world powers resumed talks in Vienna, Austria, on a nuclear agreement by June 30 aimed at curbing Teheran's nuclear activities.
The Republic of Korea and the United States reached a deal on Wednesday to revise a 40-year-old civil nuclear pact that gives the Asian country limited freedom to produce fuel for power generation but continues to curb its ability to reprocess spent fuel.
A Japanese court has rejected a legal bid to block the reopening of the Sendai nuclear power station on safety grounds, removing one of the last big hurdles to switching reactors back on after the 2011 Fukushima crisis paralyzed the industry.
Thailand warned on Wednesday that it risked losing nearly $1 billion a year if the European Union makes good on a threat to ban fish imports unless the kingdom does more to halt illegal fishing.
The Taliban in Afghanistan said their annual "spring offensive" will begin on Friday, vowing nationwide attacks in what is expected to be the bloodiest fighting season in a decade as NATO forces pull back from the front lines.
Fresh airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition were reported in Yemen on Wednesday hours after the air war was due to end.
The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday.
The head of the US Drug Enforcement Administration will retire, an official said on Tuesday, following a scandal involving drug agents who participated in sex orgies in Colombia with prostitutes hired by a drug cartel.
South African soldiers were deployed overnight to tackle gangs targeting and killing foreigners after at least seven people died in a wave of anti-immigrant violence.
Finding a hot cup of Chinese tea or a bowl of congee for breakfast is a delightful surprise for Chinese tourists traveling overseas. Now a hospitality group is offering much more than that as it develops global standards for Chinese visitors to its facilities around the world.
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