She is expected to endorse Somalia's beleaguered transitional government amid fears the country is becoming a haven for Islamist militants. Large swathes of Somalia are out of the government's control. With the al-Shabab rebels growing in strength,...
Tens of thousands of mourners have gathered in the Philippines' capital Manila for the funeral of former President Corazon Aquino. After a mass in Manila Cathedral, her body was carried through the city to be buried next to her husband, Benigno Aqui...
Australian police have arrested（逮捕） four people in the city of Melbourne after uncovering what they say was a plot to launch a suicide（自杀） attack. The group was planning to carry out the attack on an army base, police said. More than 400 off...
BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The major part of China's armed forces, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), has targeted on building up a defense might capable to handle threats in multidimensional battlefields. Celebrating the PLA's 82th founding a...
MADRID, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Forty-six people were slightly injured Wednesday when a car bomb, planted by suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA, exploded outside a police compound in northern Spain, officials said. The blast, which occ...
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Xinhua) -- The China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (SED), the first of its kind between the world's biggest developing country and biggest developed country, opened here on Monday. On behalf of Chinese President Hu Jintao...
BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese equities ended 5 percent lower Wednesday after rebounding from plummeting more than 7 percent in the afternoon trade, as investors cashed in on earlier gains during the past five trading days. The benchmark Shangh...
ROME, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lin improved Grant Hackett's four-year-old 800 meters freestyle world record by more than six seconds and won China's first ever men's gold at the world swimming championships. Zhang powered home in seven minutes, 32....
CHENGDU, July 25 (Xinhua)-- Rescuers found two more bodies in the debris of a bridge smashed by fallen rocks early Saturday in southwest China's Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, raising the death toll to six, authorities said Saturday afternoon. F...
BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia are satisfied with the Peace Mission-2009 joint anti-terror military exercise, senior military officers of the two countries said here on Friday. Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of China's Central Military Com...
BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday that the role of the United Nations should be bolstered in handling the global economic downturn, achieving sustainable development, and safeguarding world peace and security. As a...
KHABAROVSK, Russia, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Russian troops on Wednesday began a five-day joint military drill aimed at boosting their ability to fight terrorism. Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) o...
NEW YORK, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street rallied on Thursday on better-than-expected earnings and data on home sales with all major indexes jumping more than 2 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped the 9,000 mark for the first time since...
Jul 22 (Reuters) - Internet giant Yahoo Inc is looking to sell HotJobs and Yahoo Small Business as part of its drive to shed its non-core assets, peHUB, owned by ThomsonReuters, said, citing sources familiar to the matter. They have been approached b...
CHONGQING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- A total solar eclipse was viewed at 9:15 a.m. in many places along the upper stream of China's longest river of the Yangtze. The moon shadow fully blocked the sun, and gazers could clearly enjoy the aura of solar corona...
