Russia's Cosmonaut Training Center (CTC) confirmed Wednesday the three new crew members scheduled to leave for the International Space Station (ISS) on May 15.

Economic ministers from Japan and member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held a meeting in Tokyo on April 28 to explore ways to deepen their cooperation to encourage trade and investment in the region.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned after crucial negotiations on the national budget collapsed over the weekend. His departure darkens the cloud hanging over the Eurozone’s debt issue.

Program for the London 2012 Festival to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games was announced on Thursday.

Cambodian and Thai officials met on Apr. 26 in Phnom Penh to seek methods to strengthen security cooperation along the two countries' border.

The spokesman of the advance team of UN observers said the number of observers working on the ground in Syria rose to 11 on Monday.

The G20 trade ministers should strengthen coordination in promoting a concerted response to current global economic uncertainties, a statement released by South African Department of Trade and Industry said on Sunday.

After the first round polling day smoothly passed, French voters have chosen, among 10 candidates, Socialist Francois Hollande and incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy, to face off in the decisive second round presidential election on May 6.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Christine Lagarde said on April 19th that the fund has received commitments of additional resources up to about 320 billion US dollars. 

A senior trade official from Thailand has called on Vietnam , Laos , Cambodia , Myanmar and Thailand to resume joint efforts to produce and export rice.  At a press conference held recently in Bangkok , the Director General of Thailand ’s Trade Negotiations Department Srirat Rastapana, said that ASEAN countries will pursue the discussions further, as the subject was brought up at the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh last week, initially at a bilateral level

The defence and foreign ministers of NATO’s 28 member states gathered at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels on 18 April, 2012 for two days of talks to prepare the forthcoming NATO Summit in Chicago.