South Korea's jobless rate fell to 3.5 percent last month from a year earlier as job creation kept its solid growth trend in the service industry.
Philippine President said Huangyan Island dispute might soon be resolved as he gave assurances that discussions with China had taken a clearer direction.
NATO will not do it even as it is increasingly engaged with partner nations from that region on the eve of a summit in Chicago, the United States.
Steve Jobs' life will be brought to the big screen by Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin in a movie based on a best-selling biography of the enigmatic co-founder of Apple.
The present US monetary system is an abysmal failure and the value of the dollar has been manipulated, according to a former Federal Reserve official.
Suspected drug gang killers dumped 49 headless bodies on a highway near Mexico's northern city of Monterrey in one of the country's worst atrocities.
Hollande was sworn in as France's president, an inauguration that many see as an opportunity to improve the European's relations with China.
Francois Hollande became French president on Tuesday in an official handover ceremony.
Outgoing French leader Nicolas Sarkozy will face a slew of legal probes into corruption and campaign financing violations after he leaves office next week and loses his presidential immunity.
Historical evidence and international laws strongly support China's sovereignty claim over Huangyan Island.
Vladimir Putin was sworn in on Monday as Russian president, starting his third term in the Kremlin following the two consecutive terms from 2000 to 2008.
Chinese president congratulates Putin
The DPRK announced last month that it intends to launch a satellite into space using the three-stage Unha-3 rocket between April 12 and 16 to mark the 100th birthday of former leader Kim Il-sung.
Google Inc is getting into the eyewear business with a pair of thin wraparound shades.
A female snow leopard, an endangered species, rests in an open air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia
Rebels killed 23 Syrian soldiers on Monday in battles around the town of Rastan that further undermined a sagging UN-backed ceasefire.
An Iranian court has sentenced 13 people found guilty of involvement in espionage activities for the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad.
As Syria is bracing to announce its first parliamentary elections' result, Kofi Annan expressed concern that with the ongoing violence Syria might descend into a full civil war.
South Africa's unemployment rate rose by 1.3 percentage points to 25.2 percent in the first quarter of this year as the economy was shedding more jobs.
At least seven Somali refugees have died on their way to Malta from Libya, while other survivors managed to land on one of Malta's most popular beaches.
The number of rhinos poached in South Africa rose to 210 since the beginning of this year despite mounting efforts to stop the scourge, the government said.
Members of the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity team, which includes rover drivers and scientists, test out an engineering model of its next generation Mars rover, dubbed "Curiosity", in the desert near Baker, California May 10, 2012.
She says she will happily play "second fiddle as first lady" while remaining a working mum. She has followed changes in the Elyse Palace for years and now she can experience it herself when accompanying the new president.
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