Kerry in Kabul on key mission to calm election turmoilUS Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on a key mission to try to quell tensions over disputed presidential polls which have triggered fears of violence and ethnic unrest.
11 July 2014
Saudi king meets Egypt's Sisi in CairoSaudi Arabia's King Abdullah visited Cairo, on his first trip to Egypt since the 2011 ouster of dictator Hosni Mubarak, for talks with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Kuwait's emir makes landmark visit to IranKuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Sunday started a landmark visit to Tehran focused on mending fences between Shiite Iran and the Sunni-ruled monarchies in the Gulf.
02 June 2014
Obama makes surprise Afghanistan visitUS President Barack Obama promised a decision on post-2014 troop numbers in Afghanistan "fairly shortly", after paying a surprise visit to soldiers fighting the last battles of America's longest war.
Japan bus-jacker 'wanted to see parents'A middle-aged man who allegedly hijacked a bus because he wanted to visit his parents was arrested in Japan, police said Monday, after he let the driver go to the toilet.
12 May 2014
UN chief lands in war-torn South Sudan to push for peaceUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon flew into South Sudan Tuesday to demand an end to a brutal four-month-old civil war that has sparked dire warnings of genocide and famine.
06 May 2014
Obama in first US presidential visit to Malaysia since 1966US President Barack Obama arrives Saturday in Malaysia hoping to energise aloof ties with a Muslim-majority nation whose government is under the microscope for wide allegations of abuse of power and the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
26 April 2014
US Assistant Secretary of State visiting KazakhstanUS Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal is arriving to Kazakhstan on March 31 and will visit Kyrgyzstan on April 2.
China-France set to tie up deals on Xi visitChina and France are expected to sign scores of business deals on the first full day of President Xi Jinping's state visit Wednesday after he was wined and dined in the gastronomic capital of Lyon.
26 March 2014
Nazarbayev to visit ChinaPresident of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is going to pay an official visit to China.