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Coal miners in Zambia killed one Chinese manager and injured another during a riot Saturday. The miners were on strike at the Chinese-owned Collum coal mine in Sinazongwe in protest of delays in raising the minimum wage.

Over 20,000 Syrian army troops are massed around Aleppo in preparation for what is expected to be a full-scale assault on the city to push out rebel forces.

China criticizes the U.S. for accusing Beijing of escalating tensions in the South China Sea by setting up a new military garrison on a disputed island in the waters.

Asian stock markets ended with gains last week as the speculation of further stimulus measures from the major central banks offered support. However, markets pared gains after policy makers in the U.S. and Europe failed to offer any new stimulus measures needed to bolster growth. Particularly, the lack of concrete new action by the European Central Bank weighed on the sentiment.

American swimmer Michael Phelps ended his illustrious career on a high note Saturday when he won his record 18th gold medal, 22nd medal overall, as part of the 4x100-meter medley relay.

With China’s economy continuing to slowdown in 2012 market participants feel it is imperative that stimulus measures be implemented to regain the growth momentum.

Most of the Asian markets advanced but pared the weekly gains as the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank did not announce any stimulus measures to revive the weakening economic growth.

Russia and Iran both reaffirmed their positions Friday that there should be no foreign intervention in the Syrian conflict.

In the new film "The Campaign," now in theaters, Will Ferrell and Zack Galifianakis play two laughingstocks that run for congress in North Carolina. Here are five things to know about the film.

Zulfiya Chinshanlo won the gold medal for women's weightlifting at the 2012 London Summer Olympics -- but for whom?

The Russian defense ministry has denied claims that a small division of ships carrying several hundred marines is bound for the Syrian port of Tartus.

Secretary Hillary Clinton is in South Sudan today, and met with the presidents of Sudan and South Sudan to spur them towards a compromise in light of the escalating violence.

Next week will be a reasonably quiet one for both the U.S. and the euro zone, but China will be dumping a whole bunch of macro data for July .

The U.S. women's basketball team looks to stay undefeated at the 2012 Olympics when they take on the Czech Republic on Friday. The two teams are set to square off at 5:15 p.m. ET in London.

China has banned Muslim officials and students under the age of 18 in the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang from fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in an effort to clamp down on religious extremism.

Traffic Jams and speeding motorists are a constant threat to pedestrians in China. To solve this problem, this time, it's not the Chinese traffic police that have set in to take control of the situation, but it is a granny who has come up with a creative solution to distract the motorists from speeding. Her distraction for the motorists is a sex doll, which she tied to a tree at the corner where most motorcyclists were speeding.

A whiff of change from the world's most mysterious regime?

Despite a recent uptick in use, intrauterine devices (IUDs) are still far from popular, with use by American women lagging well behind birth control pills and condoms.

Three international aid agencies working in Bangladesh have been reportedly asked to halt their activities on the ground that they were facilitating the Rohingya refugees from strife-torn Myanmar to travel across the border into the country.

Asian stock markets declined Friday as sentiment was dampened after the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to offer any new stimulus measures to resolve the sovereign crisis in the euro zone.

China's services activity growth recovered in July to the fastest pace in nine months after the slowdown in June, according to the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) released Friday.