Pakistan said on Thursday that it will set up military courts for terror-related cases, part of an ambitious anti-terrorism plan following a deadly Taliban school attack that killed 150 people.
A suburban St. Louis police officer shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at him, only a few miles from where the fatal shooting of a black man by a white officer led to weeks of protests earlier this year, police said on Wednesday.
Before US President Barack Obama announced last week that Washington and Havana would restore diplomatic ties, one US official had already been working on a special project - call it insemination diplomacy - to unite the two countries.
South Korean prosecutors sought an arrest warrant on Wednesday for Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-ah, who delayed a flight with a tantrum over snacks.
A former US subcontractor freed last week after five years in a Cuban jail will receive $3.2 million from the federal government as part of a settlement with the Maryland-based company that employed him at the time of his arrest.
Shinzo Abe won endorsement on Wednesday to serve another term as prime minister after winning a renewed mandate from the electorate for his "Abenomics" strategies to revive the world's third-biggest economy.
The British government and Northern Ireland's political parties on Tuesday reached an agreement on the region's political and economic future after nearly three months of intensive talks.
The death toll in rebel violence in Assam has risen to 52 with the discovery of more bodies, police officials in the remote northeastern Indian state said on Wednesday.
Fragile peace talks aimed at ending the civil conflict between the government and rebels in Ukraine resumed on Wednesday, a day after Kiev angered Moscow by taking a historic step toward NATO.
Former US president George H.W. Bush, 90, has been admitted to a Houston hospital suffering shortness of breath, a family spokesman said.
South African President Jacob Zuma has hinted he may be ready to take a fifth wife to accompany him through old age, The Star newspaper said on Wednesday.
Editor's Note: As people around the world celebrate Christmas Day, China Daily takes a look at some of the traditional and not-so-traditional ways the festive season is marked in different countries; in hot and cold climates.
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