Singapore authorities have detained another three people for terrorism-related activities.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said here Saturday his country would overcome the debt crisis that has alarmed Europe and the world, pledging to continue an austerity and reform drive, amid massive protests Saturday evening.

Hillary Clinton said there had been a "specific, credible but unconfirmed report" of an attempt to target New York and Washington DC.

G7 rich nations vowed tough measures Friday to get the global economy back on track but were short on detail and admitted the problems were so complex that a unified response was impossible.

Russia and the world of ice hockey are mourning the deaths of 36 players and officials from the major league team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in a plane crash. 

Middle-aged white women drinking alcohol moderately are more likely to stay healthy than nondrinkers, according to a new study from Harvard.

Thousands of people remained stranded in western Japan Tuesday after the death toll from a fierce typhoon rose to 41, heaping more misery on a nation recovering from the March earthquake and tsunami.

A cargo plane carrying emergency relief supplies from the US arrived at Pyongyang airport on September 3 to bring aid to flood-stricken areas of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

General Julio Casas Reguerio, Cuba's defense minister and longtime aide to President Raul Castro, died on September 3 of heart failure at the age of 75, the Cuban government said.

South Korea's inflation rate hit a three-year high of 5.3 percent in August despite government efforts to curb rising prices, official figures showed Thursday.

 

Reduced to post-tropical cyclone, Irene is heading toward Canada Sunday night after inflicting less-than-expected damage on the eastern U.S. coast.

Noda is expected to be confirmed in parliament Tuesday as the nation's sixth new premier in five years, replacing outgoing Naoto Kan who quit last Friday after his approval rating tumbled over his handling of the triple crisis.

Taiwan has deployed 35,000 troops to prepare for a huge storm bearing down on the south-east of the island.

Japan's ruling Democratic Party started on August 29 an election of the party's president, who is expected to become the country's third prime minister in two years.