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.
French President Francois Hollande confirmed on Saturday reports on a breakup with his companion Valerie Trierweiler after a magazine report unveiled his secret liaison with an actress.
A head-on collision occurred between a minibus taxi and a truck in South Africa, leaving at least 15 people dead, police said on Saturday.
Syrian government and opposition representatives sat together Saturday in a joint meeting with UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, tentatively initiating talks to end their three-year-old war.
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based al-Qaida-inspired group claimed responsibility for all the bombing attacks targeting Egyptian police in Cairo since Friday, the group said in a statement Saturday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday left for India for a three-day trip in a move to enhance bilateral cooperation in economic and security fields.
US Pacific Commander Samuel Locklear has called on the two nations to improve communications through a naval hotline to defuse potential conflict.
South Korea on Friday welcomed the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s acceptance of its recent proposal to hold reunion of separated families.
Thailand's Constitutional Court opened the way on Friday to delay a general election the government has set for February 2.
Police on Friday seized an estimated 200 kilograms of illegal drugs worth millions of pesos in Paranaque City in the Philippines' capital region of Metro Manila.
At least three people were killed in a powerful explosion which rocked a police headquarters in downtown Cairo early Friday, according to the online edition of Al Ahram newpspaer.
South Korea's Defense Ministry on Friday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to prove its sincerity with real action, not words.
The DPRK repeated its call for South Korea's "positive response" to its "important proposals" on improving inter-Korean relations.