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.
A Chinese scientist accused of stealing a research drug from a Wisconsin medical school and planning to pass it off as his own pleaded guilty Wednesday to a reduced charge of illegally accessing a computer.
The US Federal Aviation Administration announced it would increase the required flying hours for co-pilots significantly, four days after the deadly crash.
US Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) drone on Wednesday completed its first-ever carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George HW Bush off the coast of Virginia.
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made his first public appearance in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to 30 charges for his alleged role in the tragedy that killed three and hurt over 200 others in April.
Chinese and US officials stressed the importance of cooperation and putting aside differences as the two countries began the fifth round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue on Wednesday.
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China and US kicked off the fifth round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington.
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The fifth round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) started in Washington on Wednesday, with the two sides expected to hold a series of talks on a wide range of political, security, economic and financial issues.
The Syrian army inflicted heavy losses on rebels in many towns and areas in the country's central province of Homs on Wednesday.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said Wednesday that deposed President Mohamed Morsi is in a safe place and well treated, but not allowed out for his own safety
Chinese and Russian naval forces participating in the "Joint Sea-2013" drills wrapped up three days of maneuvers at Peter the Great Bay Wednesday.
Egypt's interim authorities named a new prosecutor general on Wednesday, completing a contentious legal process that removed the man appointed by deposed President Mohamed Mursi.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Wednesday proposed separate working-level talks with the Republic of Korea on resumption of Mount Kumgang tour.