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.
Four people, including two Lebanese army soldiers, were injured on Tuesday when six rockets fired from the Syrian side struck the Hermel region in Lebanon's east Bekaa.
The defense policy package that Japan's Cabinet approved on Tuesday represents a comprehensive change in Japan's military approach and is a major departure from the country's pacifist stance since World War II.
Japan agreed on Tuesday to spend more to boost its military in the coming years, a move that experts believe aims to counter China's rising influence.
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has offered to collaborate with a Brazilian investigation into the NSA surveillance program he revealed earlier this year, according to a letter published in a local newspaper on Tuesday.
Four Turkish pilots were killed in a military helicopter crash into a high-voltage transmission line in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Tuesday morning, private Dogan news agency reported.
A military helicopter crashed Tuesday in Turkey's capital Ankara, local Daily News reported.
Angela Merkel was elected to a third term as chancellor in a vote in the German lower house of parliament on Tuesday, paving the way for her new "grand coalition" government to be sworn in and formally take power later in the day.
Thai caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday reiterated that she would not resign as anti-government protesters requested.
The Japanese cabinet approved a defense policy package Tuesday to further expand its military might amid increasing regional concerns about its right-leaning politics and surging nationalism.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is feared to conduct provocations against the Republic of Korea in early 2014.
The Japanese cabinet approved a defense policy package Tuesday to further expand its military might amid increasing regional concerns about its right-leaning politics and surging nationalism.
A 73-year-old wrestling coach has died of a heart attack after taking part in the Sochi Olympics torch relay.
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