Princess Noriko (R), second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, speaks beside fiance Kunimaro Senge at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo May 27, 2014.
Former US basketball star Dennis Rodman returned on Saturday from his second visit to Democratic People's Republic of Korea this year where he again met the country's leader Kim Jong-un, but did not come back with jailed American missionary Kenneth Bae.
China and Kazakhstan are important cooperation partner of each other and have achieved fruitful results in pragmatic cooperation, Xi said in an address at the founding ceremony of the China-Kazakhstan Entrepreneurs Committee.
Visiting President Xi Jinping discussed bilateral ties with the speaker of Kazakh Parliament's Lower House Nurlan Nigmatulin on Saturday.
President Xi Jinping on Saturday proposed that China and Central Asian countries build an "economic belt along the Silk Road", a trans-Eurasian project spanning from the Pacific Ocean to the Baltic Sea.
The list of summer Olympic Games hosts after Tokyo was chosen by the International Olympic Committee members to host the 2020 edition on Saturday.
Profile of Tokyo's Olympic involvement after the Japanese capital was named on Saturday as the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Tokyo was chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, beating Istanbul and Madrid in a vote by International Olympic Committee members in Buenos Aires.
Three Chinese navy ships arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Friday morning (Honolulu time) for a visit to the US Navy aimed at building trust and improving understanding between the two navies.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd conceded his ruling Labor Party's defeat in 2013 Australian federal election on Saturday night.
Dancers in body paint wait to take part in a performance during the festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of "Onam" in the southern Indian city of Kochi September 7, 2013.
Maldivian presidential candidate and President Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik (C) shakes hands with supporters during a political meeting in Male September 6, 2013.
Afghan security forces killed nearly three dozens of Taliban militants over the past 24 hours, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here on Saturday.