DPRK top leader sets foot on Russia
2011-08-21 10:11:13
Kim Jong Il passed through Khasan, the border railway station of Russia in the morning of August 20, the official news agency KCNA reported.
B737 crashes in Arctic killing 12
2011-08-21 07:17:22
A chartered Boeing 737 plane crashed Saturday afternoon in Canada's Arctic region, killing 12 people, police said.
7.1-magnitude quake rocks Vanuatu
2011-08-21 07:32:14
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Vanuatu at 2:19 am Sunday (Beijing Time), the China Earthquake Networks Center said.
Roadside bomb kills 1 in Afghanistan
2011-08-20 16:11:51
One person was killed and four others injured on Saturday when a roadside bomb went off in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of Nangarhar province 120 km east of capital Kabul, spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai for provincial government said.
Photos: Afghan policemen
2011-08-20 15:11:16
China Daily photographer Wang Jing is visiting Afghanistan now, and here are photos of Afghan policemen that he took in Kabul and the surrounding areas. [Wang Jing/ China Daily]
34 killed, 24 injured as bus turns over in Afghanistan
2011-08-20 13:30:31
At least 34 people were killed and 24 others injured on Saturday morning when a passenger bus turned turtle in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, a spokesman for local government said.
Nine dead in Taliban assault on British Council in Kabul
2011-08-20 07:52:36
Taliban attackers laid siege to a British cultural centre in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least nine people during an hours-long assault on the 92nd anniversary of Afghanistan's independence from British rule.
Myanmar president meets Aung San Suu Kyi
2011-08-19 22:50:12
Myanmar President U Thein Sein met with noted political figure Aung San Suu Kyi at the President' s office in Nay Pyi Taw Friday for the first time
50 dead in Pakistan mosque bombing
2011-08-19 18:52:57
At least 50 people were killed when a suicide bomb attack hit a mosque packed with hundreds of prayers in northwest Pakistan Friday afternoon.
ROK president to replace ministers
2011-08-19 16:45:47
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak plans to replace three Cabinet ministers holding parliamentary seats prior to the September plenary parliamentary session.
British Council attacked in Kabul
2011-08-19 15:22:08
British Council in Afghan capital Kabul came under militants' multiple attacks Friday morning and a forth blast was heard.
6.8 quake jolts Japan off Fukushima
2011-08-19 14:17:43
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northeastern Japan off Fukushima prefecture on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.