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Pakistan expects cooperation with China to increase
Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussian is beginning a three-day visit to China as of today.
He has said he plans to work with China to speed up the implementation of agreements signed between the two governments, especially in the area of energy cooperation.
"I'm sure that during my visit, the projects regarding energy creation, the speed of those projects will be more in the future than what is it today. And I'm sure that the people of Pakistan will be grateful to Chinese people and Chinese government for their efforts for giving us help in this energy sector."
Hussain says Pakistan has high expectations about the ongoing China-Pakistan economic corridor project, which links China to the Arabian Sea.
U.S. sees uncertainties in Iran nuclear talks: official
The United States says the upcoming nuclear talks between Iran and six major states could be difficult and uncertain, noting it welcomes the open discussion of Iran's heavy water reactor.
A US official was speaking in Vienna, where a new round of talks aimed at hammering out a comprehensive resolution to the decade-old Iranian nuclear issue is set to begin later today.
Diplomats in Vienna are also not optimistic a comprehensive deal would be reached.
In November, Iran and the P5+1 group, which consists of the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany, reached an interim deal in Geneva on Tehran's nuclear program.
Venezuela raids opposition party office, expels three U.S. diplomats
Venezuelan security forces have raided the headquarters of an opposition party accused of fomenting nearly a week of violent protests.
The government has also issued an arrest warrant for the founder of the Popular Will party, Leopoldo Lopez.
Lopez has said he will lead a march on Tuesday on the streets of Caracas, and challenged the authorities to arrest him.
Australia asylum: One killed in riot at PNG camp
One asylum seeker has been killed during a second night of rioting at Australia's immigrant detention center in Papua New Guinea.
The rioting at the Manus Island erupted after some of the detainees briefly escaped from the detention center.
More than 70 people have been injured.
Asylum is a sensitive issue in Australia, despite the relatively small numbers involved.
Thai police remove 100 protesters from rally site
Thai police have retaken a government ministry besieged by protesters and are confronting other demonstrators outside Government House.
Police detained and removed around 100 protesters at the Ministry of Energy, as part of efforts to retake official buildings blocked by demonstrators.
Meanwhile, hundreds of riot police with shields and gas masks faced protesters outside the government headquarters.
Demonstrators have occupied official sites over the past few months, calling on the government to step down.
Islamist claim tourist bus bomb attack in Sinai
Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has claimed responsibility for a deadly bomb attack on a tourist bus in Egypt's Sinai peninsula.
The group says it's part of an "economic war" against the current Egyptian authorities, which it described as "traitors".
Three South Koreans and an Egyptian were killed in the attack.
It's the first attack on tourists in the country in nearly a decade.
University student sentenced to death for poisoning roommate
A postgraduate from a renowned Shanghai university has been sentenced to death for murdering his roommate with lab poison.
Lin Senhao, a medical student at Fudan University, has been found guilty for murdering roommate Huang Yang in April, 2013.
During his trial last November, Lin described the murder as an "April Fool's trick" and said he would accept any punishment.
The case has prompted a national outcry and soul-searching on the moral education of Chinese youth.
501 suspects captured in China prostitution crackdown
Chinese police have captured some 500 suspects and busted over 70 gangs during a crackdown on prostitution and pornography.
The Ministry of Public Security says more than 1,300 cases related to sex services have been uncovered.
About 2,400 locations involved in prostitution or pornography have had their businesses shut.
The large-scale crackdown came following media exposure of the rampant sex trade in the southern city of Dongguan.
Former Chinese expressway executive jailed for bribery
The former general manager of Hainan Expressway, a listed company in China's southernmost island province, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for taking bribes.
A court in Hainan says Chen Bo was convicted of receiving 7 million yuan in cash and shopping cards between 2005 and 2010.
Chen was the chairman of the provincial state-owned enterprises supervisory board before he was arrested in February 2013.
