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.
The United Nations humanitarian chief on Thursday called for sustained support for millions who have been driven from their homes by violence and bloodshed or uprooted by devastating natural disasters.
Snapchat, the red-hot private messaging service, said on Thursday that it knew for months about a security loophole that allowed hackers this week to harvest millions of phone numbers and announced changes to its systems.
The governors of New York and New Jersey declared a state of emergency and urged residents to stay indoors as a major storm hit the northeastern United States on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday expressed in a statement his doubts about the Palestinians' commitment to the peace process prior to his meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Conservative activists opposed to US President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul started a new assault on the Affordable Care Act as more than 2 million people began new health coverage under the law.
US citizens enter 2014 with a profoundly negative view of their government, a new poll finds.
The night before a round of high-stakes nuclear talks with Iran, US President Barack Obama told his chief of staff he had "absolute confidence we have the right team on the field".
China has opposed the US decision to send the last three Chinese Uygur terrorist suspects imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay to Slovakia.
The United States is "deeply concerned" by reports that the Chinese consulate-general in San Francisco was damaged in an arson attack, the State Department said Thursday.
Rallying the support of the Pacific island nations tops Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's diplomatic wish list for the new year as he seeks to further contain China's maritime presence.
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel on Thursday in his latest bid to reenergize peace negotiations and find scarce common ground between pessimistic Israeli and Palestinian officials.
Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf who was shifted to a military hospital after he fell sick on way to court on Thursday could be shifted abroad for treatment, local media reported.