Martin Dolan emphasized that the $234 million price tag is a "ballpark rough estimate" of an extended search and salvage mission that includes an underwater vehicle that has come up empty in its first four missions.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has stated that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to work as a collective force to bolster its socio-economic and security strengths and harvest greater achievements.

From coconut oil, organic vegetable to non-genetically modified fruit, health food has become big business.

Madagascar named Kolo Christophe Laurent Roger, a radiologist who lived abroad for decades, as its new prime minister on April 11, as part of a process aimed at ending prolonged political turmoil on the Indian Ocean island.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Ceremony to debut ASEAN online information management website (Source: asean.org)

"Ukraine's economy in the past several months has been plummeting. Its industrial and construction sectors have also been declining sharply. Its budget deficit is mounting.

A Russian tricolor that was hoisted on a mast in front of the building Sunday has been replaced with a larger one. (Credit: ITAR-TASS)

The Sentinel-1a spacecraft has been put in orbit on a mission to map the planet's surface using radar.

US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel (Source: xinhua)

Russia will further strengthen its economic and trade cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the country’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development Alexey Likhachev has announced.

Polio is still a problem in Pakistan. (Source: BBC)