At around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, the vessel was caught in a sudden storm. By 2:05 p.m., it had lost contact and subsequently sank, according to the state-owned media. (Vietnam-Boat Capsizing-Deaths) ...

TOKYO, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Voting for Japan's upper house election began on Sunday morning, with a total of 522 people running in the intensive battle between the ruling and opposition camps.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces said it killed Ahmad Muhammad Salah, head of Hezbollah's Yohmor outpost in southern Lebanon, in an airstrike on Saturday. Salah was ...

CAIRO, July 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted northern and central Iran at 2137 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a ...

DOHA -- The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed a declaration of principles with the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group here on Saturday to end the conflict in the country's ...

DAMASCUS, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Syria's interior authorities said Saturday night that through their extensive efforts to implement a newly-reached ceasefire agreement, Bedouin tribal fighters have fully ...

The summit followed on the heels of French President Emmanuel Macron's state visit last week. Together, these developments mark a quiet but significant revival of the trilateral group known as the E3 ...

RAMALLAH, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree on Saturday about holding new Palestinian National Council (PNC) elections before the end of 2025.

ROME, July 19 (Xinhua) -- At the Antoniano Institute in Bologna, music never stops. Home to Italy's most renowned children's choir - the Little Choir of Antoniano, this institute is a year-round haven ...

ADDIS ABABA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has welcomed the signing of a declaration of principles between the government of the Democratic ...

ANKARA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Israel's "continued interventions on Syrian territory" are worsening the crisis in Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Saturday, according to a report by semi- ...

At least 7,938 Palestinians have been killed and 28,444 others injured since Israel renewed its intensive strikes in Gaza on March 18, bringing the total death toll since October 2023 to 58,765, and ...