GAZA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Under the blazing midday sun, the narrow streets around the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City were filled with mourners on Monday as Palestinian journalists killed in an ...

NEW DELHI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Two policemen were wounded Tuesday in a gunfight with Naxals rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said. The gunfight between Naxals and joint ...

CHENGDU, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Less than 24 hours after Tang Ke completed her journey at the Chengdu World Games, she was back in her office in Shanghai for meetings. After the freediving events ...

OSLO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Norway's oil fund announced Tuesday that it has sold its stakes in several Israeli companies and plans further divestments, following criticism over its investments in firms ...

MOSCOW, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Russian scientists have discovered new reindeer habitats in the Baikal Nature Reserve in the Khamar-Daban mountain range of southern Siberia, local media reported Tuesday, ...

At a press conference later Monday, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said that the federal government's takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department was "unsettling" and "unprecedented," ...

Regarding its forecast for the world economic growth, OPEC turned up the figure for 2025 from 2.9 percent to 3 percent, citing the "consistent and strong momentum observed in the first half of 2025".

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Beijing has upgraded its rainstorm alert to yellow -- its third-highest alert level -- as heavy rains are forecast to hit many parts of the city on Tuesday night.

ABUJA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 155, with at least three fatalities recorded so far this month, the country's public health authorities ...

Speaking at a national seminar on improving healthcare delivery on Monday in Abuja, the capital, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Muhammad Ali Pate said the initiative was prompted ...

BAGHDAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (ICTS) said Tuesday that its forces arrested 11 Islamic State (IS) militants in a series of operations across several provinces.