Tens of thousands bowed their heads at a ceremony in the Japan"s Hiroshima city Wednesday, the 63rd anniversary of the world"s first atomic attack, as the mayor hit out at countries that refuse to abandon their bombs.
Serbia"s Belgrade District Court received no appeal against the extradition of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague by the end of office hours on Tuesday, a court spokeswoman said.
U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama"s overseas trip scored big points back home as he gained Monday in poll ratings against Republican opponent John McCain.
The White House said Monday that Iran and the Democratic People"s Republic of Korea (DPRK) remain part of the "axis of evil" labeled by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2002.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged here Sunday that both sides are serious about Mideast peace and will continue efforts to clinch a peace deal by 2009.
The European Union will continue to pursue a "duel strategy" of negotiations and sanctions on Iran"s nuclear activity, the EU"s foreign policy chief Javier Solana said here on Wednesday.
Philippine authorities said Monday they are sending divers to drill a hole on the hull of the capsized ferry, M/V Princess of the Stars, to get out passengers who might trapped inside the overturned ship.
South China"s Guangdong Province was facing the threat of serious flooding as two swollen rivers converged in the Pearl River Delta on Monday, resulting in a flood equivalent to a worst in 50 years.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday wrapped up his three-day visit to Iran in which he sought to expand ties between the two countries and reassure Tehran over Baghdad"s planned security pact with Washington.
As U.S. Senator Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, U.S. media organizations Wednesday look seriously at some of the challenges he is likely to face in the general election.
World leaders are poised to gather here Tuesday for a three-day summit, seeking ways of tackling soaring food prices and helping millions of people in the fight against hunger.
The international community concluded on Thursday a conference on Iraq with a declaration that hailed progress in the country five years after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
