HONG KONG, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The opening ceremony of the exhibition titled "The Majestic Han: A Golden Age of Vigor and Cultural Integration" was held on Thursday in Hong Kong, featuring 252 pieces ...

TALLINN, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The Estonian government on Thursday approved a draft Nuclear Energy and Safety Act and submitted it to parliament, the Riigikogu, for discussion. Proposed by the Ministry ...

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. F-35 fighter jet was forced to make an emergency landing on Thursday at a U.S. military base in the Middle East after it was struck by what was believed to be Iranian fire, ...

BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted South Shetland Islands at 0022 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a ...

SYDNEY, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Schools have been closed and residents told to stay in place after Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall in northeast Australia on Friday morning. Tropical Cyclone ...

KATHMANDU, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Nepal's Department of Tourism has introduced a set of stricter provisions for mountaineering expeditions, requiring climbers and agencies to comply with tighter ...

UNITED NATIONS, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) concluded its 70th session on Thursday, pledging a shared resolve to further advance women's rights.

MOSCOW, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Moscow calls for an immediate end to the hostilities resulting from the "unprovoked aggression" by the United States and Israel against Iran, the Russian Foreign Ministry ...

CAIRO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The Gulf region is home to a wide range of energy facilities, including refineries and liquefied natural gas (LNG) production plants, which are critical to global energy ...

LONDON, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), said on Thursday that naval escorts are not a long-term sustainable solution to the ...

THE HAGUE, March 19 (Xinhua) -- A 36-year-old man of Iranian descent was injured in a shooting on Thursday in Schoonhoven, a city of South Holland province, the Netherlands, Dutch police have announce ...

MEXICO CITY, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Eleven suspected criminals were killed in northern Mexico in a security operation targeting a residence linked to Los Mayos, a faction of the country's powerful ...