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.
Henri Lederhandler, long a builder of relations between China and Belgium and a witness to incredible changes in his second motherland, died of a heart attack on Dec 24.
Thousands of Britons woke up to flooding and power cuts on Christmas morning after torrential rainfall and hurricane-force winds battered the country.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra unveiled a plan on Wednesday to create an independent reform council to try to appease opponents.
Two anglers died on Wednesday after falling off rocks in the western Japanese prefecture of Shimane, local press reported.
Turkey's economy and interior ministers resigned for their sons' alleged involvement in a corruption network.
Visiting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Monday reaffirmed strong ties with Cuba during talks with Cuban leader Raul Castro, the state-run Granma daily said.
Britain extradited Algerian former billionaire Abdelmoumene Rafik Khalifa to his homeland.
South Sudan's army announced it had reseized the strategic town of Bor from the hands of military forces loyal to former vice-president Riek Machar.
India downgraded the diplomatic immunity of certain category of United States diplomats in reaction to the arrest of an Indian woman diplomat by US police earlier this month.
The US government said it was still processing thousands of sign-ups for health insurance under President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law on Tuesday.
Iran's Majlis (parliament) voted for the generalities of a plan which calls for changing the political and administrative capital of the country.
The Egyptian police arrested former prime minister Hesham Qandil, who served under ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, to execute a previous court order that requires his imprisonment for one year.
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