The 4th ASEM Labour and Employment Ministers’ Conference will take place in Hanoi from October 24-26. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend and address the event.
The People’s Committee in the central province of Khanh Hoa is considering installing cameras at strategic locations to protect foreign tourists from being victimized by petty thieves and pick-pocketers.
Anti-corruption investigators have opened an inquiry into Iraq's central bank tied to alleged manipulation of the local currency's value against the US dollar.
Australian Olympic chief renewed his calls for the nation's anti-doping body to have to right to compel witnesses to give evidence as it probes doping in cycling.
An international team of amateur and professional astronomers announced the discovery of a planet with four suns -- the first reported case of such a phenomenon.
The 10th Asia-Europe Finance Ministers' Meeting opened in Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok to discuss measures to boost economic and financial cooperation between the two regions.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told US media that she will take the blame for any shortcomings in the handling of an attack last month on the US mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi.
A report released at the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity meeting said lemurs in Madagasca are severely endangered due to habitat destruction and illegal hunting.