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.
Finance officials from the world's biggest economies pressed the United States to head off a potentially devastating default and vowed to proceed carefully when the time comes to normalize monetary policy.
Fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has met with his father in Russia, local media said Friday.
Three Japanese maritime self-defense force vessels arrived at Cambodia's Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Friday for a four-day visit to strengthen bilateral ties between the navies of the two countries.
FIFA Friday rounded off a five-day training course in grassroots football for Ghanaian local coaches with a football festival involving 100 selected schoolchildren at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is overseeing the destruction's of Syria's arsenal, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
US Secretary of States John Kerry said his country is open to the calls by Malaysia to be flexible in the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations.
A fire broke out at an orthopedic hospital in Japan's Fukuoka City early Friday morning, leaving 10 people dead and five others injured, local media reported.
South Korea's Defense Ministry said on Thursday that its naval forces launched a joint maritime drill with the United States and Japan in waters off the Korean Peninsula.
As Australia moves to scrap its pioneering carbon-pricing scheme, China is expected to have seven pilot pricing systems in place no later than 2015.
US House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that Republicans would vote to extend the government's ability to borrow money for six weeks.
Obama says he'll negotiate once 'threats' end
More than 90 percent of survey respondents reported that their China operations are profitable, the highest percentage reported since the United States China Business Council began surveying its members, said a report released on Thursday by the Washington-based nonprofit organization
Premier Li Keqiang has been assured by US Secretary of State John Kerry that the United States is committed to resolving its fiscal impasse.