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 United States Department of Defence announced Saturday that it will recall most of its 400,000 or so furloughed civilians starting next week.
The average of Iraq's oil exports sharply declined in September to 2.07 million barrels per day (bpd) , the lowest level this year, the oil ministry said on Saturday.
World leaders gather in Bali for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings despite the absence of US President Barack Obama, with inclusive trade poised to take a lead role due to increased lobbying by host Indonesia.
Several tornadoes hit central U.S. states of Iowa and Nebraska Friday evening, causing considerable property damage.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is reviewing additional information received from Syria on its chemical weapons stockpiles, a UN spokesman said here Friday.
The international community should enhance cooperation on migration, and give the issue due attention when drafting the post-2015 development agenda, a Chinese envoy to UN said Friday
A man set himself on fire Friday afternoon on the National Mall in the U.S. capital, local police confirmed.
US President Barack Obama has canceled his plan to attend an APEC summit in Indonesia and a East Asia summit in Brunei next week because of the government shutdown impasse, the White House said late Thursday.
The United States held out the possibility on Thursday of giving Iran some short-term sanctions relief in return for concrete steps to slow uranium enrichment and shed light on its nuclear program.
A dramatic car chase through the streets of Washington from near the White House to the US Capitol ended in gunfire when law enforcement officers shot and killed the driver as lawmakers and aides huddled in a lockdown.
Twitter Inc will seek to raise $1 billion in the largest Silicon Valley IPO since Facebook Inc's 2012 coming-out party, according to an IPO filing made public on Thursday.
Over 300 people drowned or were feared dead after a boat packed with African migrants caught fire and sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa Thursday.