BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Rosângela Lula da Silva, wife of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, visited China's National Center for ...

JERUSALEM, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Sirens sounded across central Israel on Tuesday, following a missile launch from Yemen, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. ■ ...

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- China has successfully completed the full-engine testing of a 140-tonne liquid oxygen-methane engine that will power the country's reusable carrier rockets, the engine's ...

MOGADISHU, May 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 people have been killed and more than 84,000 others displaced by flash floods following torrential rains across Somalia since mid-April, the United Nations ...

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Tuesday announced an arms deal worth nearly 142 billion U.S. dollars with Saudi Arabia, calling it "the largest defense sales agreement in history." ...

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, China's top legislator, held talks with Speaker of Zimbabwe's Parliament Jacob Mudenda in Beijing on Tuesday.

DHAKA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladeshi interim government has created two new divisions by abolishing the National Board of Revenue (NBR) in an apparent move to modernize tax administration and ...

Allan Kilavuka, chief executive officer of Kenya Airways, noted that the country's aviation sector, including supply chain, employee spending, and tourism activities, contributed 425 billion Kenyan ...

SOFIA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Speaker of Bulgarian parliament Nataliya Kiselova on Tuesday rejected the proposal by President Rumen Radev to hold a referendum on the country's adoption of the euro, the ...

GAZA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Gaza's health authorities on Tuesday condemned an Israeli strike on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis that killed at least three people, including a Palestinian ...

TEHRAN, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Tuesday welcomed the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) announcement of its self-dissolution, calling it a significant move toward ending violence and fostering ...

CAIRO, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced on Tuesday a 15-percent discount on transit fees for large container ships beginning Thursday, aiming to encourage major shipping ...