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 World Bank said on Monday it is extending an emergency loan of $500 million to help the Philippine government develop a reconstruction plan for areas badly hit by typhoon Haiyan.
Two Afghan children were killed and two people wounded Monday in a blast in the country's southern province of Zabul, said a provincial source.
A 31-year Indonesian woman has died from avian influenza in outskirts of Jakarta, the health ministry said Monday.
A small plane crashed Sunday night at a local airport in the US state of Texas, killing one person and injuring another, local media reported.
Panama will send about $200,000 worth of humanitarian aid to the typhoon-ravaged Philippines, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
Leftist candidate Michelle Bachelet was the clear winner in Chile's presidential election on Sunday, although she will have to wait until a second-round runoff next month to seal her victory.
South Korea and China on Monday launched the eighth round of talks for a bilateral free trade deal, Seoul's trade ministry said.
A Boeing 737-500 airliner crashed on landing in the Russian city of Kazan on Sunday, killing all 50 on board and highlighting the poor safety record of Russian airlines that ply internal routes across the world's largest nation.
A French man has been freed almost a year after he was kidnapped in Nigeria by Islamist militants, President Francois Hollande's office said on Sunday.
More than 13.5 million Chileans went to the polls on Sunday to choose their new president among nine candidates.
The death toll from Saturday's suicide car bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul has risen to 13, Afghan Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Israel on Friday to discuss a proposed deal between world powers and Iran on the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
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