Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed senior ministers a US plan for resuming peace talks with Palestinians, including a 90-day settlement freeze, a diplomatic source told reporters on November 13.

President Nguyen Minh Triet and other leaders of the 21 APEC economies gathered on November 13 in Yokohama city of Japan for the opening of the 18th Asian-Pacific Economic Conference.

American and the Republic of Korea negotiators failed to reach agreement on a new trade pact during President Barack Obama's visit to Seoul, creating new delays and obstacles for an accord that the White House has said it could translate to an additional US$10 billion in US exports and generate 70,000 American jobs.

At least 30 people were killed and 150 others injured in a powerful blast that went off Thursday night in the downtown area of Karachi, the largest industrial city in southern Pakistan, sources in Karachi told Xinhua.

An unnamed world-class 24.78 carat pink diamond with the potential for a record-breaking price will be auctioned by Sotheby's, the auction house says.

The global oil supply is set to run dry 90 years before alternatives become available worldwide, a new study suggests.

APEC is working hard to foster closer cooperation and integration in the Asia-Pacific region so that growth and prosperity is shared by future generations, APEC Secretariat Executive Director, Ambassador Muhamad Noor, said today (November 9).

 Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, on November 5 erupted again, killing 54 people and injuring at least 66 others.

The death toll from heavy flooding nationwide since last week rose to 140, government report said on Friday.

The Indian Government has agreed to streamline visa procedures for citizens from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the Philippines, said the Financial Times of India on Oct. 31.

Senior government ministers and officials from 28 countries across Asia and the Pacific gathered in Beijing on November 4 for the high level meeting on co-operation for child rights in the Asia-Pacific area.

The US President Barack Obama on November 3 said the mid-term election results show people are frustrated at not seeing fast enough progress in economic recovery, and he takes responsibility for it.

Volcano in Central Java of Indonesia re-erupted on Wednesday afternoon, the strongest since last week, unleashing hot ash continuously for more than one hour by up to 10 kilometers and forcing authorities to extend dangerous zone which lead to the evacuation of over thousands of people, officials said.

At least 63 people were killed and 285 others were wounded in a series of explosions across the capital on November 2, police said.