Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he is willing to reach an historic compromise with the Palestinians, "so long as it maintains the national interests of the State of Israel with security first and foremost." Speaking at the weekly political-security cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, in which he debriefed his ministers ...

Samsung displayed its tablet computers in Berlin's world leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances IFA. It is aimed to compete with Apple's iPad, accordng to Bloomsberg news. The Samsung tablet is the first serious contender to challenge the dominant Apple's iPad based on the established order. Sources say it uses ...

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan -- A passenger airplane crashed Monday enroute from Afghanistan's northern city of Kunduz to capital city of Kabul with 43 on board, Afghan officials told Xinhua. The plane has crashed somewhere near Salang Pass between Baghlan and Parwan provinces, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told Xinhua, adding that the ...

TEHRAN -- The 14th summit of the Group 15 (G15) developing nations, kicked off in Tehran. At the opening session of the one-day summit, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, "Today's meeting is held at a time when the world is in dire need of new thought and new way to settle ...

(Denver Post) -- With the premiere of the ten part HBO miniseries, The Pacific, produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, World War II has again come into the living rooms of American families. The Pacific, the follow-up to Band of Brothers, will focus on the US Marines in ...

KUALA LUMPUR (PNA/Bernama) -- BEX Asia 2009, an exhibition for the Southeast Asia market, featuring 'green' products and services from the building industry, is expecting 5,000 visitors this year from 4,000 last year. The Director of Research Division, Singapore's Building and Construction Authority, Ang Kian Seng said the projection was based ...

According to reports, a Yemenia Airways Airbus A310 passenger jet has crashed into the Indian Ocean near the island nation of Comoros. At least 153 people were onboard the aircraft, 66 of them from ...

HANOI (PNA/Bernama) -- Ford Vietnam has invested US$ 10 million in a new production line to assemble its Mondeo model in Vietnam. According to the Vietnam news agency (VNA), the plant using a robotic system that uses plasma welding technology, will be able to produce 32 cars per day, or 700 ...

DAMASCUS (Mabuhay) – Syria and the Philippines signed on Monday three agreements that are expected to further strengthen and elevate to a higher level the bilateral relations between the two countries in various fronts.

DAMASCUS (Mabuhay) -– Syria has expressed willingness to support the pending Philippine bid for an observer status in the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

DAMASCUS (Mabuhay) – Philippine and Syrian officials will soon hold talks in Manila to come up with agreements that would promote investments and two-way trade between the two countries.

MANILA (Mabuhay) -- A delegation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is set to arrive next week to scout for prospective investments in the Philippine agriculture sector.

MANILA (Mabuhay) -— The Philippine Coast Guard is expected to improve its search and rescue capabilities soon as it deploys a satellite communications system in its 11 stations across the archipelago.

YANGON (PNA/Xinhua) -- Two Myanmar cities in the northern part - Lashio and Mandalay - were found with most HIV-carrying sex workers, the local Weekly Eleven News quoted the figures of the Ministry of Health as reporting.

BEIJING (PNA/Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has launched a pilot program to subsidize energy-efficient and new-energy vehicles in the public transport sector in 13 cities, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said in a statement. The ministry said the subsidies would mainly go to 10-meter-long, or above, buses.

SEOUL (PNA/Yonhap) -- South Korean shipyards and other major firms with high credit ratings are rushing to sell debt as a deeper-than-expected economic slump dries up their cash holdings, market watchers said.

SEOUL (PNA/Yonhap) -- South Korea’s Hyundai Logistics Co. and Chinese firm Cosco Logistics Co. have agreed to establish a joint venture to expand their services in Northeast Asia, Hyundai said.

MEDAN, N Sumatra (PNA/Antara) - The sale of car and motorcycle parts and equipment in Indonesia has dropped very sharply along with the drop in the sale of motor vehicles by 23 percent in January.

HANOI (PNA/VNA) -- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked Dong Thap province to address volatility in production and marketing in order to better cash in on its rich Mekong Delta resources for rice and catfish production.

HAIKOU(PNA/Xinhua) -- China’s largest fishery administration vessel began patrolling the South China Sea. “China Yuzheng 311” will patrol the Xisha Islands such as Zhaoshu, Yongxing and the East Island to give Chinese fishermen in this area more powerful protection for their interests and safety, said Liu Guimao with the Administration of Fishery and Fishing Harbor Supervision for the South China Sea.