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.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela remains quite ill and has lost the use of his voice, his ex-wife Winnie Mandela said.
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Scotia Sea at 5:04 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
At least 100 people were killed in the latest clashes between Messiria and Salamat tribes in Sudan's Darfur region, official Sudan Radio reported Saturday.
Chinese and US military personnel demonstrated in joint exercises in Hawaii on Thursday how they could cooperate for disaster relief.
The Philippine death toll and missing individuals from typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) surged to over 4,700, a senior government official said Friday.
Brushing aside a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted Friday to let insurance companies sell individual health coverage to all comers, even if it falls short of the required standards in "Obamacare."
President Barack Obama would veto a bill sponsored by a Republican congressman that would allow insurers to offer healthcare plans slated to be canceled,the White House said on Thursday.
A tourist from Taiwan was shot dead and his wife was missing when gunmen raided a resort in Pulau Pom Pom in Semporna on Friday in the east coast of Malaysia's Sabah State.
No imminent signs were detected yet on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s another nuclear test though Pyongyang seemed to be prepared to conduct its fourth nuclear test at any time.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday dismissed news reports that it had sent air force pilots to Syria to attack rebel forces.
The first China-US Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR) live troop exercises ended on Thursday in a US Marine Corps training area on the east side of Oahu in Hawaii.
The United Nations, citing Philippines government figures, on Thursday put the latest death toll from powerful Typhoon Haiyan at 4,460
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