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The United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in Washington on Tuesday.
U.S. experts have said that the Pentagon's decision to suspend an annual military drill with South Korea is a show of good faith but uncertainties remain as details concerning the suspension have not yet been revealed.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes that children must not be traumatized by being separated from their parents, his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said on Monday.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chinese president, on Tuesday held talks with Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), in Beijing.
The Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress Tuesday started to review a draft amendment to the individual income tax law at its bimonthly session.
China's draft e-commerce law was submitted to the top legislature for a third reading on Tuesday, further regulating online market order and protecting consumers' rights.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting Bolivian President Juan Evo Morales Ayma on Tuesday agreed that the two countries would establish a strategic partnership to promote greater development of bilateral relations at a new historical starting point.
At least 49 percent of the Taiwan residents have shown positive attitudes towards the mainland, up 4.4 percent compared with last year, marking the first time that people holding positive impressions accounting for the majority, according to a poll released on Sunday by a foundation on local residents' opinions.
U.S. State Department said on Monday that State Secretary Mike Pompeo and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha have discussed next steps on the Korean Peninsula issue after the summit between leaders of the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The United States far outnumbers other countries in civilian firearm holding, with its 4-percent population holding over 40 percent of the world's civilian-owned firearms last year, a survey said Monday.
Relations between China and Africa have advanced significantly, in particular in recent years, in various fields, with bilateral cooperation expanding to broader frontiers, which are witnessed, campaigned and backed by their leaders and peoples.
China should not be blamed for the unemployment in America and Europe,a geo-political expert wrote in an article published on Eurasia Future on Monday.
A spokesperson of China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Tuesday that if the United States loses its rationality and unveils another list of Chinese products for additional tariffs, China will have no choice but to take comprehensive measures combining quantitative and qualitative ones to resolutely strike back.
The U.S. State Department said Monday that Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Christopher Ford will lead a delegation to Seoul and Tokyo to convey the U.S. Iran policy.
Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visits China from June 19 to 20.
Wang Qi, one of China's most wanted fugitives, has returned to China and surrendered himself to the police on Sunday, according to a statement released Monday by the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Authorities across China are making use of big data to nail corrupt government officials who could otherwise hide their ill-gotten wealth from the prying eyes of anti-corruption watchdogs.
China's counter terrorism-related ministries jointly issued a guideline on legal procedures and penalties for terror-related crimes, which experts noted will deter offenders.
The Republic of Korea aimed to make a war-ending declaration by the end of this year although the exact schedule and format can be dealt with flexibly, its foreign minister said on Monday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday discussed the schedule of political contacts between Moscow and Washington, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday directed his Trade Representative to identify 200 billion U.S. dollars' worth of Chinese goods for additional tariffs at a rate of 10 percent, according to a statement released by the White House.
The United States President Donald Trump announced Monday that he was moving to establish a space force as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces.
The U.S. Defense Department said on Monday that it has suspended all planning for a joint military exercise with South Korea in August.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed Monday to field unified teams at some events during the upcoming Asian Games scheduled for August in Indonesia.
Ivan Duque of the right-wing Democratic Center party won Colombia's presidential election on Sunday, claiming almost 54 percent of the vote in the run-off poll, the National Electoral Council said.
Former Prime Ministers of Nepal have expressed hope that the upcoming visit of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to China will be instrumental to further deepen bilateral ties between the two nations.
South Korea aimed to make a war-ending declaration by the end of this year although the exact schedule and format can be dealt with flexibly, the South Korean foreign minister said Monday.
China's decision to slap an additional 25 percent tariff on 659 types of US goods worth $50 billion should remind the United States government that the trade war that it has initiated has a price tag.
Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh, president of Funcinpec Party, got injured, and his wife Ouk Phalla died after their car collided with a taxi in southwestern Preah Sihanouk province on Sunday, a senior police official said.
Nepal's ruling party, the Communist Party of Nepal (NCP) expressed the hope that the upcoming visit of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to China will be significant to deepen bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
