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.
Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian reporter who broke many of the stories about secret US surveillance programs, said on Tuesday he is leaving the British daily for an unspecified "dream" project.
The Mexican government is demanding a "clear and precise" answer from the United States for allegedly spying on President Enrique Pena Nieto, Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade said on Tuesday.
Iran's top negotiator said on Wednesday that a nuclear proposal presented to major powers in Geneva does allow for snap inspections of its nuclear facilities.
At least 17 people died as a typhoon lashed Japan's Pacific coast on Wednesday, media reports said, with the death toll likely to rise.
The death toll from an earthquake in the Philippines rose to 144 on Wednesday as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings.
A Lao Airlines plane flying in stormy weather crashed into the Mekong river in southern Laos on Wednesday, killing all 44 people on board, among them nationals of 10 countries.
US Senate leaders announced last-minute agreement Wednesday to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen government after a partial, 16-day shutdown.
Deal offers only a temporary fix
China's US debt holdings in doubt
With the partial US government shutdown entering its 16th day on Wednesday and a debt ceiling deadline due to arrive on Thursday, Republicans and Democrats continue their tug of war.
When Stephen Orlins, president of the National Committee on US-China Relations, started learning Mandarin in 1970 at Harvard College, he never imagined the decision would lead him to become one of the most respected China hands in the United States today.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson spoke optimistically of the involvement of British companies in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone on Wednesday while posing atop a bicycle on a vertiginous 30th-floor balcony overlooking local landmark the Bund.
China firmly supports the ethnic reconciliation process in Myanmar and seeks to play a more constructive role in maintaining peacealong the border, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.
China-Myanmar pipelines to lower energy costs
China-Myanmar exchange in SW China
More Chinese economists are beginning to sound the alarm over the risk to China of holding more than $1 trillion in US Treasury bills, as efforts by the US Congress to raise the debt limit remain elusive.
Time to reduce dollar's hold
Shutdown has taken a toll on bilateral ties
US inches toward deal to reopen govt
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