ISLAMABAD, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Over 20 people were killed and six others injured Monday after a cloudburst struck a village in Swabi district of northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a ...

MACAO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Macao Open 2025 will be held in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) from Oct. 16 to 19 at the Macao Golf and Country Club, organizers announced Monday.

Years of sustained restoration have brought new life to Sayram Lake, the highest and largest alpine lake in China's Xinjiang.

Due to snowmelt from high temperatures and seasonal rainfall, China's largest desert -- the Taklamakan in Xinjiang -- presents a striking scene of winding rivers and mirror-like lakes.

BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday stressed the importance of efforts to consolidate and expand the momentum of China's economic recovery and positive development ...

BAGHDAD, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid met on Monday with the Special Representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General for Iraq Mohamed al-Hassan to discuss ...

MOSCOW, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The death toll has risen to 23 after a fire broke out at a production facility in central Russia's Ryazan region, local media reported on Monday. Earlier, the regional ...

BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- China has experienced scattered yet concurrent extreme rainfall events during this year's flood season, which have posed serious disaster risks, the Ministry of Water ...

BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Amid China's ongoing urban renewal campaign, a courtyard-style multifunctional complex in the heart of Beijing has emerged as a new eye-catcher, breathing new life into ...

As dusk settled over the quiet town of Harpenden, north of London, on July 22, dozens of residents gathered in a church to commemorate a journalist born in their community over a century ago and his ...

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a rare 1,600-year-old mosaic inscription bearing the words "peace be upon the elderly" in Greek, the University of Haifa said in a statement on Monday. The ...

The year 2025 marks the 60th founding anniversary of China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The region has witnessed tremendous cultural development.