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.
Two Chinese tourists died in a plane crash near Saipan, the Consulate-General of China in Los Angeles said Sunday
A team of international experts began the process of destroying Syria's chemical gas arsenal on Sunday, an official on the mission said.
The suspected al-Qaida figure nabbed by US special forces in a dramatic operation in the Libyan capital had been living freely in his homeland after his return there three years ago, his family said
House Speaker John Boehner (BAY-nur) says he doesn't know when the government shutdown will end and says it's up to President Barack Obama to start negotiations.
Eleven militants killed in operations in different Afghan provinces since early Saturday, said the country's Interior Ministry Sunday morning.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Sunday rejected concerns raised by Japan on the so-called maritime security and China's maritime activities.
A US official says American forces have captured an al-Qaida leader in Libya who is linked to the 1998 US Embassy bombings in east Africa.
There is an urgent need to build trust in the region, experts said.
A US Navy SEAL team is believed to have killed a senior leader of the al Shabaab militant group in a raid on his seaside villa in Somalia.
Egyptian authorities said on Saturday anyone who protests against the army on Sunday when the country celebrates the anniversary of an attack on Israel forces during the 1973 war will be regarded as agents of foreign powers.
President Nicolas Maduro's government plans to use fingerprint machines at airports to try to root out no-shows who buy tickets to scam travel-related currency controls without even flying, in the latest symptom of Venezuela's economic chaos.
At least 78 people were killed and 166 others wounded in a wave of violent attacks across Iraq on Saturday, the police and local media said.