International
Written: 2012-08-14 13:43:08 / Updated: 2012-08-14 17:52:01
The Japanese government has turned down a request from Japanese lawmakers to hold a memorial service on the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East ...
International
Written: 2012-08-14 13:30:25 / Updated: 2012-08-14 15:09:09
The world’s largest Islamic organization agreed Monday to suspend Syria over its government’s 17-month-long bloody crackdown on antigovernment ...
International
Written: 2012-08-14 08:53:15 / Updated: 2012-08-14 14:15:12
The U.S. government plans to purchase a large amount of livestock products to help cattle and poultry farmers that have been hit hard by a severe drought.
The ...
International
Written: 2012-08-14 08:44:48 / Updated: 2012-08-14 15:23:53
Vice Chairman Jang Song-thaek of North Korea’s National Defense Commission is visiting China with a delegation of some 50 officials.
The North’s ...
International
Written: 2012-08-14 07:21:09 / Updated: 2012-08-14 11:22:41
Japan and North Korea are reportedly fine-tuning views on a way to resume government dialogue in a third country.
A Japanese government source ...
International
Written: 2012-08-13 14:14:00 / Updated: 2012-08-13 17:29:09
China’s state-run CCTV reports that North Korea allowed its citizens to watch major events of the 2012 London Olympic Games on a large signboard ...
International
Written: 2012-08-13 13:51:25 / Updated: 2012-08-13 14:47:31
The Taiwanese coast guard says it will conduct a live-fire drill in a hotly disputed region of the South China Sea next month.
The coast guard ...
International
Written: 2012-08-13 13:13:12 / Updated: 2012-08-13 14:42:37
With the Olympic flame extinguished in London, the spotlight has shifted to Rio de Janeiro as it prepares to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Rio ...
International
Written: 2012-08-13 09:09:24 / Updated: 2012-08-13 13:47:16
Hundreds are reportedly dead after strong earthquakes shook northwestern Iran near the major city of Tabriz Saturday afternoon.
Chaos ensued ...
International
Written: 2012-08-13 07:15:41 / Updated: 2012-08-13 14:20:24
A diplomatic source in Washington says senior North Korean and U.S. officials held an informal contact in New York last month and discussed U.S. ...