China will provide humanitarian aid to the Syrian government worth 16 million U.S. dollars after Chinese and Syrian representatives signed two agreements on Sunday in Syria.
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A fire at a massage parlour in eastern China on Sunday killed at least 18 people, state media reported.

Twenty tourists from the Chinese mainland, injured Saturday in a bus accident in southern Taiwan, have returned to hotels by Saturday night, with the tour leader.

One hotel in Japan is refusing the digital books trend and appealing to old fashioned guests who still prefer the traditional paper book culture.

A new round of haze has hit north China as the capital Beijing and Tianjin Municipality respectively against haze on Friday.

Afghan teenage girls challenge tradition and prejudice with Chinese martial arts.

U.S. Secretary of Defence meets South Korean Defence Minister in Seoul in his first official trip to South Korea.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency held a press conference on its investigation into the Sabah boat sinking incident on Tuesday.

Three tiger cubs born on Lunar New Year day which were given auspicious names by staff at a zoo in Thailand made their public debut on Monday.

Japanese Toy and game software maker Bandai Namco Holdings said on Monday that its founder Masaya Nakamura, known as "Father of PAC-MAN", a hit monster-eating game in the 1980s, has died at the age of 91. Nakamura, who has served as a top adviser of the company, died on January 22, the company said in a statement. The cause of his death was not made available.