The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution, approving to expand the unarmed military observers to 300 from 30 in Syria.
Hailstorms had killed 29 people across China from March to April 20, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs late Friday.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan has urged the accelerated reform and innovation in the country's insurance industry to promote healthy and stable development.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) accused Republic of Korea (ROK) President Lee Myung-bak of drumming up war hysteria, the official news agency KCNA reported Saturday.
Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday celebrated her 86th birthday, in the year which is also her Diamond Jubilee.
It has been two years since the earthquake in Yushu, a Tibetan autonomous prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai province, took away Sonam Tsomo's son and daughter, but she can still hear them asking for mom in her dreams.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced to write off 300 billion yen (about $3.68 billion) debt of Myanmar to help the country's democratization and reform process during his talk with Myanmar President U Thein Sein.
Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed his deep condolences to Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday over a plane crash that killed 127 a few kilometers from the capital Islamabad. All 127 in Pakistan plane crash dead
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's attendance at the Hannover Industrial Fair will add new momentum to China-Germany ties, the Chinese ambassador to Germany said.
A team of United Nations ceasefire monitors are in the battered city of Homs and have met with its governor, the Syrian state news agency and a UN spokesman said on Saturday.
Thousands of firefighters are battling several wildfires raging through forests and grasslands in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, the local government said Friday.
A fire broke out at a hotel on the Hong Kong Island on Saturday morning, affecting around 300 people with one feeling sick.