The proposed township, to be constructed on 35 acres of land within two years and costing 1.5 billion afghani (20.28 million U.S. dollars), would have modern facilities, including markets, schools, ...

CHENGDU, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong has stressed all-out efforts to search for and rescue the missing and prevent secondary disasters after a landslide hit southwest China's ...

NAIROBI, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Talks between South Sudan's Transitional Government of National Unity and holdout opposition groups adjourned Saturday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, after making some ...

Wu Yu won the gold medal as Chinese speed skaters swept men's 5,000m podium at the Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games (AWG) here on Sunday. The men's 5,000m victory added to the three gold medals won by ...

COLOMBO, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan authorities have been working to restore power following a nationwide outage that occurred on Sunday, the state-owned electricity producer and supplier, Ceylon ...

MOSCOW, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday that he could "neither confirm nor deny" reports of a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President ...

The holiday economy remained strong, with tourism and consumer spending hitting record highs. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, China saw a record 501 million domestic tourist trips ...

While the peak of heavy snowfall has passed in western Japan and the Kanto-Koshin region, intermittent snow is expected to continue in northern and eastern Japan, particularly on the Sea of Japan side ...

CHENGDU, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- As of 11 a.m. Sunday, a landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province had left one person dead, 28 missing and two injured, local authorities said. The landslide occurred ...

During a press conference on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that the United States plans to take over the Gaza Strip. "I do see a long-term ...

China claimed all six podium positions in Sunday's ski mountaineering competition, dominating both the men's and women's sprint races as the sport made its debut at the Harbin Asian Winter Games. In ...

The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) vowed on Saturday to bolster war response posture to cope with any security situation during his visit to the Ministry of National ...