Afghanistan will receive over 9.4 million U.S. dollars in aid from leading aid agencies for thousands of displaced people and returnees in the country, the caretaker government's Ministry of Refugees ...

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- A key meeting of the ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has appointed Pak Thae Song as the country's new premier, the official Korean Central ...

SYDNEY, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- One person died and another was seriously injured in a light plane crash north of Sydney on Sunday, police said. Emergency services, including police, ambulance crews and a ...

CANBERRA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced emergency disaster payments for people affected by a major bushfire in the country's southeast. Albanese on ...

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The box office sales of China's moviegoing season ringing in the New Year have seen rapid growth, with earnings on Saturday surpassing 228 million yuan (about 31.71 ...

MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Saturday that it will cease gas supplies to Moldova starting Jan. 1 due to unpaid debt by Moldova's national gas company, Moldovagaz.

CARACAS, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called for his supporters to take to the streets "to defend the vote" as he prepares to be sworn in for the 2025-2031 presidential ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The United States experienced surging labor strikes in 2024, with workers across various sectors staging protests over issues ranging from wages to working conditions.

The passenger plane with 175 passengers, including 173 South Koreans and two Thais, as well as six flight attendants on board, crashed while attempting to land at the Muan International Airport, some ...

SYDNEY, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Two people have drowned at a notorious dangerous beach on Australia's southwest coast, police in Western Australia (WA) said on Sunday.

HOUSTON, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least one person died after multiple tornadoes and severe storms ripped through the Greater Houston metropolitan area in Texas and several other southern U.S. states on ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- As U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is about to take office in weeks, a major rift has emerged between immigration hardliners and his supporters over how much tolerance ...