CULTURE AND SPORT

Europe announced a trillion-dollar rescue package for crisis-hit euro countries backed by the IMF and central banks worldwide, sending the euro surging in Asian trade.

Russia and SNG countries on May 9 held grand celebration to mark the 65th anniversary of victory against fascism.

Asia's moviemakers will descend on the Cannes film festival in a bullish mood, their confidence boosted by resurgent box office figures.

Citing newly obtained evidence, senior White House officials said Sunday that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the failed Times Square bombing.

Visitors face an array of transport worries when they navigate South Africa for the World Cup, traveling notoriously complex city streets.

Vietnamese fishers facing an economic catastrophe from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are in double jeopardy.

With 310 points, Hanoi-ACB’s midfielder Pham Thanh Luong led the balloting this year’s Golden Ball award.

Britain's opposition Conservatives offered a "comprehensive" power-sharing deal to the third-placed Liberal Democrat party Friday.

Mixing a good cause with music is always a reason to celebrate.

The nine crew members of the hijacked Miri-registered tugboat Atlantic 3 were found in the high seas, about two days journey from the shores of Vietnam.

An Icelandic volcano has sent up a new plume of ash and is set to emit another cloud of debris after surging back to life.

A Russian MP has asked an eccentric regional leader to explain his behaviour after claiming on state television that he was visited at home by aliens in a UFO.

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has died, an official statement has confirmed.

People along the Gulf Coast have spent weeks living with uncertainty, wondering where and when a huge slick of oil might come ashore.

Three Vietnamese models have been denied permission to participate in international beauty contests.

A Pakistani-American man was charged with international terrorism in the attempted car bombing of New York's Times Square.

Thailand's anti-government protesters agreed Tuesday to try to settle their differences with the government to prevent more bloodshed.

Police arrested a Pakistan-born suspect trying to board a plane to Dubai after a failed Times Square bomb plot.

Keeping up the spirit of togetherness and brotherhood, the Southeast Asian Embassies along with the ASEAN-Korea Center held their annual Friendship Games.