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.
Five people including four Taliban militants were killed in a clash in Dawlat Shah district of eastern Afghan province of Laghman on Tuesday, the provincial government said in a statement.
A bus accident in Bali, Indonesia on Monday killed four Chinese tourists and seriously wounded three others, website of the Chinese Consulate General Office in Surabaya of East Java said Tuesday.
The number of people killed by typhoon Haiyan, locally named "Yolanda," has increased to 3,892, according to figures released by the Philippine government on Tuesday.
More Chinese taking leading positions at international organizations will enhance the country's reputation in world affairs.
NASA's newest robotic explorer, Maven, rocketed toward Mars on Monday on a quest to unravel the ancient mystery of the red planet's radical climate change.
At least 27 people were killed and 32 others injured when a freight train crashed into a mini-bus and a truck near the Egyptian capital of Cairo in the early hours of Monday, the head of the Ambulance Authority said.
Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia’s central bank, opened a representative office in Beijing on Monday to further expand financial and economic ties with China.
China on Monday questioned Japan's call for settling maritime disputes in accordance with international law, urging joint efforts from parties concerned to maintain regional peace and stability.
A French hostage abducted in Nigeria for 11 months arrived in Paris on Monday morning after escaping captors, according to local reports.
The Indian Army Monday successfully test-fired an advanced version of the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, which destroyed a hardened target in Pokhran of Rajasthan state.
An assailant opened fire at the central Paris office of left-wing daily newspaper Liberation on Monday, seriously injuring one person before fleeing, a police official and staff at the newspaper said.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who was hospitalised for nearly three months earlier this year with a lung infection, remains in stable but critical condition, the government said on Monday.
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