日期：2012-08-17 The United Nations has called an end to its military observer mission in Syria,. 联合国结束在叙利亚的军事观察员任务。 A small, civilian office will be set up instead to maintain political contacts. The conditions to continue [the mission] were not f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-16 Gunmen have attacked a Pakistani military air base triggering a fierce fire-fight with security forces that lasted several hours. 持枪歹徒袭击了巴基斯坦一座空军基地并引发了与安全部队之间一场持续数小时的激烈交火。 Several militants wearing military u... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-15 A large explosion has struck close to a military compound in the Syrian capital, Damascus, near a hotel used by the UN's observer mission. 叙利亚首都大马士革一座军事基地附近发生大爆炸，此处也靠近联合国观察员下榻的酒店。 Smoke could be seen rising ov... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-14 The uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is visiting Beijing, amid signs the impoverished state wants to tackle its economic problems. 朝鲜领导人金正恩的姑父正在访问北京，表明这个贫穷的国家试图解决其经济问题。 Chang Song-taek is seen as a key po... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-10 Usain Bolt declared himself the greatest athlete to have lived after sealing an Olympic sprint double. 尤塞恩博尔特在结束两项奥运会短跑比赛之后，称自己为在世的最伟大的运动员。 I'm a living legend, he said, after becoming the first man to successfull... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-10 South Korea's president is visiting islands also claimed by Japan, Japanese media reports say, in a move set to raise diplomatic tensions. 日本媒体报道，韩国总统正在参观日韩争议岛屿，导致双方外交关系趋于紧张。 Lee Myung-bak flew to the islands, whic... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-09 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has called on the Security Council to impose sanctions on Islamist rebels in northern Mali. 联合国秘书长潘基文呼吁安理会对马里北部的伊斯兰教叛乱分子实行制裁。 Mr Ban said the Council should consider asset freezes and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-09 Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has sacked the country's intelligence chief and the governor of the country's North Sinai province. 埃及总统穆罕默德穆尔西解雇了国家情报局长以及北西奈省省长。 Hours earlier, the Egyptian military launched an offensi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-09 Libya's interim National Transitional Council has handed power to a newly elected assembly, almost a year after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi. 利比亚临时国家过渡委员会已经将权力移交至新选举出的国民大会，此时距穆阿迈尔卡扎菲政权被推翻差不多已有一年... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-08 Hurricane Ernesto is churning over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, bringing heavy rain. 飓风斯托经过墨西哥尤卡坦半岛，给当地带来了暴雨。 Ernesto, which has already drenched northern Honduras and Belize, is currently a category one hurricane with top sus... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-08 At least 16 people have died in severe floods in the Philippine capital, Manila, officials say. 菲律宾首都马尼拉遭遇严重的洪灾，至少16人死亡。 More than 80,000 people are in emergency shelters, as torrential rain left low-lying areas under water. So... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-08 Military helicopters have fired missiles on suspected Islamist militants in Touma village in the Sinai peninsula, Egyptian security officials say. 埃及安保官员称，军事直升机在西奈半岛Touma村向伊斯兰教武装嫌疑分子发射了导弹。 Twenty people are report... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-07 A New Zealand volcano dormant for more than a century has erupted, sending up ash clouds, disrupting flights and closing roads. 新西兰一座休眠超过一个世纪的火山突然喷发，造成大片尘云，使航班扰乱、道路封闭。 The eruption sent ash clouds over the area... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-06 Unknown assailants have attacked a residential building of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Libyan port city of Misrata, the agency says. 位于利比亚港城米苏拉塔的国际红十字会的一座住宅建筑遭不明攻击者袭击。 It said grenades and ro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-03 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in South Sudan, where she is expected to press for action to end to the country's differences with Sudan. 美国国务卿希拉里克林顿抵达南苏丹，她将敦促南苏丹采取行动消除与北苏丹的分歧。 Mrs Clinton is t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-03 The United Nations says North Korea has requested immediate food aid after devastating floods last month. 朝鲜上月遭遇毁灭性洪灾，联合国称朝鲜请求立即对其进行食物援助。 The floods have sparked fresh concern over North Korea's struggle to feed its pe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-02 Afghan officials say five insurgents believed to have been planning attacks in central Kabul have been killed in a gun battle. 阿富汗官员称，五名被认为计划袭击的叛乱分子在喀布尔中部的一场枪斗中被杀。 Security personnel raided a house in the east of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-02 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described Senegal as a beacon of African democracy. 美国国务卿希拉里克林顿形容塞内加尔是非洲民主的一座灯塔。 In a speech in the capital Dakar, she said too much of the rest of Africa remained under autocrati... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-02 Egypt's new cabinet is due to be officially announced. 埃及新内阁名单将要被正式公布。 Media reports suggest Prime Minister-designate Hisham Qandil's government will be mostly technocrats, with at least two ministers from the previous government and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-07-27 The US says that it fears Syrian government forces are preparing to carry out a massacre in the country's most populous city, Aleppo. 美国政府担心叙利亚政府武装正准备在其国内人口最稠密的城市阿勒波展开大屠杀。 The US state department said the deploym... 阅读全文>>