Initial poll count on Wednesday shows that Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will sweep the presidential election with an overwhelming majority of votes.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday morning made an offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine during its autumn festival.
The number of people killed in the deadly earthquake in central Philippines last Tuesday rose to 161, the country's disaster relief agency said Thursday.
Japan and Britain on Wednesday agreed to promote bilateral cooperation in security-related areas such as maritime and cybersecurity and anti-terrorism measures, said Japanese foreign minister.
The U.S. Senate approved a deal on Wednesday to end a political crisis that partially shut down the federal government and brought the world's biggest economy to the edge of a debt default that could have threatened financial calamity.
Iran's top negotiator said on Wednesday that a nuclear proposal presented to major powers in Geneva does allow for snap inspections of its nuclear facilities.
A Lao Airlines plane flying in stormy weather crashed into the Mekong river in southern Laos on Wednesday, killing all 44 people on board, among them nationals of 10 countries.
US Senate leaders announced last-minute agreement Wednesday to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen government after a partial, 16-day shutdown.
Deal offers only a temporary fix
China's US debt holdings in doubt
With the partial US government shutdown entering its 16th day on Wednesday and a debt ceiling deadline due to arrive on Thursday, Republicans and Democrats continue their tug of war.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson spoke optimistically of the involvement of British companies in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone on Wednesday while posing atop a bicycle on a vertiginous 30th-floor balcony overlooking local landmark the Bund.
China firmly supports the ethnic reconciliation process in Myanmar and seeks to play a more constructive role in maintaining peacealong the border, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.
China-Myanmar pipelines to lower energy costs
China-Myanmar exchange in SW China
Eight crew members have been rescued after a cargo ship with 18 Chinese nationals and a Vietnamese aboard sank Tuesday off the coast of the Republic of Korea.
Total primary energy demand in Asia and the Pacific alone is expected to nearly double between 2010 and 2030.
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