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.
Both the White House and Republicans in Capitol Hill moved quickly on Tuesday to respond to a nonpartisan report that predicts the healthcare law could cause more job losses in coming years.
The US Senate gave final congressional approval on Tuesday to a nearly $1 trillion farm bill that trims food stamps for the poor, expands federal crop insurance and ends direct payments to farmers, and sent it to President Barack Obama for his expected signature.
Police have "neutralised" an armed high school student who had taken more than 20 students hostage at his school on the outskirts of Moscow, a police spokesman told Russia 24 television.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) scaled down its anti-South Korean condemnation via radio broadcasts near the border line, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging Congress to resist imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, saying that "this is the time" to give diplomacy a chance to work.
President Barack Obama accused Fox News on Sunday of keeping alive controversies the White House believes have been settled in a testy interview that aired before the NFL's Super Bowl, the most-viewed sports event in the United States.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said in Munich on Sunday that Iran was ready for a long term deal on its nuclear program, and trust between Iran and western countries must be rebuilt.
Rebels in Syria with ties to al Qaeda have decapitated a man believed to have been a pro-government Shi'ite fighter, an amateur video of the public beheading posted to the Internet on Saturday showed.
A total of 14 people were killed and three others injured in the fresh eruption of Mount Sinabung volcano on Saturday, officials said.
Gunfire rang out across a busy intersection in Thailand's capital for more than an hour Saturday as government supporters clashed with protesters trying to derail tense nationwide elections one day before the vote begins. At least seven people were wounded, including an American photojournalist.
US President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Friday that he believes the Russian city of Sochi is safe and that Americans who want to go to the Olympics should go.
The prime ministers of the Visegrad Group, which includes Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, on Wednesday called for an end to the violence in Ukraine.
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