16 May 2005 11:27 AM

Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian at a military checkpoint on Monday. The Palestinian was shot dead near the West Bank town of Tulkarm.

16 May 2005 10:44 AM

The contacts between North Korea and South Korea were resumed again over the weekend within the talks over fertilizer supplies from the South. The two Koreas plan to improve relations after a halt of almost a year, the officials from the two sides said. South

16 May 2005 09:46 AM

Moscow’s Meshchansky District court Judge will start delivering the verdict in hearings over the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Monday, raising fears of his defense team that Russia’s once richest man will be convicted and jailed for as much as 20 years.

16 May 2005 06:36 AM

Russia and the Paris Club of sovereign creditors were on Thursday closing a deal about buying back some of its bilateral debt on Moscow’s proposal.

14 May 2005 08:15 AM

China is on the point of putting into effect new measures to check increasing textile exports. The textile topic became critical for trade relations with the European Union and the U.S. A top Chinese textile-industry official confirmed that Chinese government discussed some restricting measures

13 May 2005 12:34 PM

A nomination of John Bolton to represent the US in the United Nations was sent to the full chamber without an endorsement amid the hottest battle over the Bush administration’s nominee who was known for harsh comments on the UN policy.

13 May 2005 10:54 AM

The World Trade Organization is on the point of selecting a new chief as early as Friday. This time former European Union trade commissioner Pascal Lamy is involved in severe competition with veteran Uruguayan trade diplomat Carlos Perez del Castillo. In the first round, there were four candidates struggling for the WTO’s top position, three of them representing developing countries. The

13 May 2005 10:12 AM

Russia and the Paris Club of sovereign creditors were on Thursday closing a deal about buying back some of its bilateral debt on Moscow’s proposal. Russia

12 May 2005 01:17 PM

Today Baghdad's eastern Jadida district market was attacked by a suicide car bombing that killed 40 people and injured 16, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.

12 May 2005 11:35 AM

Congress is working on the improving situation with the pension funds after the collapse of UAL Corp.’s pension plan that was eventually dumped on the federal government. New act is expected to maintain all the necessary

12 May 2005 11:09 AM

Foreign investment in China was up 2.2% in the first four months of 2005 as compared to the same period a year earlier, reaching $17.5 billion, reported China’s Ministry of Commerce today. Contracted foreign investment

11 May 2005 11:20 AM

The Working Time Directive on health and safety grounds was voted to be scrapped by the European Parliament as the right to opt out could come to an end in three years.

11 May 2005 09:02 AM

The US Congress passed a bill that will help the US soldiers in Iraq but evoked contradictions over Senate filibuster rules and federal judgeships. Iraq

11 May 2005 08:31 AM

The six-party talks over the North Korea nuclear issue see no progress amid the latest information on possible preparation to the first nuclear weapon testing held in North Korea.

10 May 2005 09:04 AM

North Korea is a member of the Unites Nations and has the right to be treated as a sovereign state, according to the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.