Leaders of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) on Saturday issued a document outlining a blueprint for cooperation within the coming 10 years.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has denied the country’s involvement in the sinking of a Republic of Korea (RoK) warship last March, killing 46 sailors.

Israel says it will not take part in a conference aimed at achieving a nuclear-arms free Middle East, proposed at a UN meeting in New York.

Six Palestinians have died in an explosion in a smuggling tunnel under the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, medical officials say.

Signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) have agreed to work towards a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East.

Hundreds of Guatemalans have been forced to flee their homes, amid an eruption by one of the country's most active volcanoes.

Seeking to increase cooperation and neighborly relations with the Republic of Korea (RoK), Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday started an official three-day visit to the country.

Attacks with bombs and firearms in Pakistan, targeting houses of worship for a persecuted religious minority, killed at least 80 people Friday, a senior government official said.

The World Bank has canceled Haiti's US$36 million debt, the institution announced Friday.

Gun battles are taking place in the vicinity of two mosques belonging to the minority Ahmadi Islamic sect in the Pak1istani city of Lahore.