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.
Iran's nuclear deal reached on Sunday may have positive impacts on the efforts to secure an agreement on a political solution to the Syrian crisis at the planned Geneva II conference, analysts said.
Patients are taken to the Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark for treatment in Tacloban, the Philippines, on Sunday.
China on Monday accused US of being "irresponsible" in suspending negotiations to expand an international agreement on reducing tariffs for a wide range of IT products.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday that conference on Syria, known as Geneva II, would be convened on January 22.
China's navy hospital ship Peace Ark arrived in typhoon-hit Philippines on Sunday night and is the first foreign vessel of its kind that has reached there.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday that a deal reached on Iran's nuclear program in Geneva is an important first step.
More than 100 rebel fighters have been killed over the past two days in the eastern countryside of Syrian capital Damascus as the rebels attempted to break the government troops' siege, local al-Watan daily reported Monday.
The Republic of Korea's Unification Ministry said it has proposed to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for holding a sub-panel dialogue on travel, communication and customs of the Kaesong industrial complex on November 29.
South Korea's Defense Ministry said Monday that it will discuss with China this week over the recently announced Air Defense Identification Zone in East China Sea.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that Japan is seriously concerned over the air defense identification zone China announced on Saturday.
A gunman shot five people at a home in Tulsa, Oklahoma late Saturday, killing four of them and injuring the fifth.
The landmark deal on Iran's nuclear program may change the Middle East's geopolitical landscape. But analysts warned it will take arduous effort to reach a final agreement.
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