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.
GlaxoSmithKline has appointed one of its top European executives as the new head of operations in China, amid a corruption scandal there that has rocked Britain's biggest drugmaker.
Tokyo is planning to boost surveillance in waters around the Diaoyu Islands and acquire the ability to launch pre-emptive military strikes in a defense policy update that may set off alarm bells in China. 
Diaoyu Islands dispute
The Obama administration told Congress on Thursday it does not plan to make a determination on whether a military coup occurred in Egypt, avoiding a decision that would force the cut off of most of the annual $1.55 billion in U.S. aid.
The US House of Representatives narrowly approved continuing the National Security Agency's secret collection of hundreds of millions of citizens' phone records after a fierce debate.
Paris police have seized 60 tonnes of miniature Eiffel Towers that black-market vendors were hoping to sell to tourists.
Global food prices fell by 2 percent in the latest four-month period, marking the third straight period of declines, as declining imports in the Middle East and North Africa, and lower demand pushed prices down 12 percent from their August 2012 peak, the World Bank said on Thursday.
Two ships of Vietnam Marine Police are ready to join the eighth joint patrol with the Chinese side on fishery cooperation of the Tonkin Gulf on Thursday, local media reported.
US President Barack Obama and his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang on Thursday spoke of a "comprehensive partnership" between their countries aiming for even greater cooperation.
Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), met in Pyongyang Thursday with visiting Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao to discuss relations between the two countries.
Russia could not extradite fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden under any circumstances, head of the Presidential Human Rights Council said Thursday.
He was to go trial on charges that included sexually assaulting 34 children, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Syria's Foreign Ministry slammed Thursday the US intention to arm the Syrian rebels, saying it reveals America's role in fueling the domestic crisis in Syria.
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