The man accused of murdering 10 people at a Taoist temple in northwest China has been scheduled to appear in court on Thursday afternoon, according to local sources.

The number of Chinese with bone-wasting osteoporosis has tripled in the past 30 years, say experts.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) may soon screen passengers' carry-on bags with new three-dimensional X-ray machines that are better at spotting liquid explosives, guns and other weapons, The USA Today reported on Wednesday.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with Creative Storm, a media organization, will distribute over two million treated mosquito nets in Ghana to children under two years on November 1-5.

Chinese archaeologists have discovered pottery bearing inscriptions dating back 4,500 years, which could prove to be China's earliest written language.

The Mozambican police on Wednesday destroyed 33 kg of cocaine that had been seized in the capital Maputo.

Eighteen people were killed in road accidents on the first day Malaysia launched a road safety campaign nationwide during the festival period, police said Wednesday.

More than 100 people, nine of them from Gauteng province, have been infected with a deadly strain of tuberculosis, local media reported on Wednesday.

Switzerland has ordered enough bird flu vaccine to protect its entire population in the event of a pandemic, the government announced on Wednesday.

China has increased health checks of construction projects to protect workers against occupational diseases.