The United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has wrapped up with the adoption of an outcome document, touching on virtually every aspect of global issues beyond the headings of the eight MDGs.

Industrial new orders in the euro zone dropped by 2.4 percent in July, compared with the previous month, the European Union (EU)’s statistics agency Eurostat said on Wednesday.

Top U.S. security officials on Wednesday sounded alarm on home-grown terrorism, saying threats from domestic extremists have spiked and are becoming harder to detect.

During the second day of the AIPA 31 on September 22, the ASEAN members held bilateral dialogues with observes from China, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Papua New Guinea, Russia and the European Union.

A major conference of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) that is expected to elect the party's leading body will be held in Pyongyang on Sept. 28, the official KCNA reported on Tuesday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday opened a three-day high-level meeting with a plea to nearly 140 heads of state and government to step up efforts in order to translate the Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs), the 10-year-old ambitious UN anti-poverty program, into reality by its deadline of 2015.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) and

Top Israeli and Palestinian officials headed for the United States on Sunday where they are expected to seek ways to break a deadlock over settlements threatening to sabotage peace talks.

China on Sunday said it had suspended senior bilateral exchanges with Japan over an incident in disputed waters and warned relations with Tokyo had been "severely hurt".

Hurricane Karl, a category three storm, is now coming onshore in Chachalacas, a small coastal town to the north Veracruz City, the main port in the state of Veracruz, a state forecasting agency said Friday.

Dozens killed in Sri Lanka blast An explosion in Sri Lanka has killed at least 60 people, most of them policemen, officials say.

Seiji Maehara, a security expert and former transport minister, has been appointed Japan's new foreign minister.

Australian researchers on Tuesday weighed into the aspirin debate, with a study showing the humble painkiller can save lives and significantly reduce rates of stroke and heart attack.

South Korea’s defense chief said Tuesday some high-ranking military officers will be held accountable for fumbles in dealing with the sinking of a warship in March blamed on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) .

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan, in office for just three months, fights for his job on Tuesday in a party vote against a veteran powerbroker who could become the nation's third leader in a year.