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.
The United States does not ask Russia to extradite Edward Snowden but just wants him returned, US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said Thursday.
Moscow cannot extradite Snowden
Spain's Prime minister Mariano Rajoy said he would declare three days of official mourning after a train derailed in the northwestern region of Galicia, killing at least 78 people.
Working-level talks between Seoul and Pyongyang to reopen the Kaesong industrial complex seemed to actually break down, Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea cannot help stationing its troops in Kaesong if the ongoing working-level talks with the Republic of Korea fail.
South Korea said on Thursday it will reopen competition for its 8.3 trillion won ($7.43 billion) purchase of 60 next generation fighter jets which had been suspended due to the high prices of bids received.
The Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea started the sixth round of working-level talks on Thursday on reopening a joint industrial park in DPRK's border town of Kaesong.
Fugitive US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden's hopes of leaving Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport for the first time in a month on Wednesday were dashed when he failed to secure permission from Russia to leave.
The military chief who ousted Egypt's elected president called on the public to take to the streets to give him a mandate to tackle "violence and terrorism," in an address that pointed to a possible move against supporters of the Islamist leader.
US President Barack Obama and the US Congress are both seeing a decline in support as rising frustration over the political gridlock in Washington has damaged public faith in them, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released on Wednesday.
An anti-China protest outside the Chinese diplomatic mission in Manila on Wednesday fell short of expectations, with only a few hundred people attending, rather than the 5,000 expected.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to Southeast Asia on Thursday for the third time this year, displaying what observers call a fervent desire to contain China.
At least 78 people died after a train derailed in the outskirts of the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. Up to 131 people were injured. Photos
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