The first batch of Chinese aid for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan arrived in central Philippine city of Cebu, a relief goods distribution center, on Monday evening.
Japanese Cabinet members have publicly confirmed that Tokyo will expand "territorial education" regarding disputed islands to include elementary schools.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye said that she will push to lay ground for peaceful reunification during her five-year tenure, describing the future reunification with the DPRK as "bonanza".
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday urged the Republic of Korea to cancel its scheduled joint military exercises with the United States that will start later this month.
United Nations committee alleges the Vatican allowed priests to abuse children with impunity, and demands all known or supected abusers be removed at once.
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder accused the United States of showing "no respect" for Germany's sovereignty after a newspaper reported on Wednesday the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had bugged his phone from at least 2002.
US federal government has issued a warning to US and some foreign airlines that fly to Russia for the Olympic Games about "toothpaste bomb" threats.
The European Union's criticism concerning the record level of corruption in Italy has raised awareness as well as concern for the problem.
Schroder's phone was tapped from 2002 because of his critical attitude towards US preparations for the Iraq War.
South Korea and the DPRK began working-level contact at the border village of Panmunjeom to sort out details on the agreed reunion of separated families.
With improving economy and rigorous spending cuts, the US federal government will embrace a normal amount of budget deficit in 2014.
US President Barack Obama will take his French counterpart Francois Hollande for a tour of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation next Monday.
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved the nomination of Senator Max Baucus to be the next ambassador to China.