JINAN, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Xinjiang Flying Tigers failed to extend a run of 15 consecutive wins at home, losing 111-107 to the Shandong Heroes in the 25th round of the Chinese Basketball ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- A series of blasts rocked Syria's southern Aleppo province on Thursday night, as Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on defense factories and a research center there, ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Puerto Rico restored 99 percent of its power supply as of Thursday morning after a massive outage which left 1.3 million customers in darkness on New Year's Eve, according ...

SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- A group of South Korean investigators of the anti-corruption investigation body headed for the presidential residence in central Seoul from Gwacheon, south of Seoul, to ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- There is no safety for civilians anywhere in Gaza, with more than 80 percent of the Gaza Strip under Israeli evacuation orders, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.

The 15-member Security Council has five permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, and 10 non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the UN General Assembly.

BEIRUT, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Israeli warplanes raided on Thursday afternoon several areas deep in southern Lebanon, according to official and military sources in Lebanon.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 63 km NNE of Āwash, Ethiopia at 21:18:26 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Ethiopia at 21:17:43 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 ...

GAZA/CAIRO, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas delegation has visited Egypt's capital Cairo to address challenges surrounding a Gaza ceasefire agreement, Hamas spokesperson Jihad Taha said on Thursday.

ROME, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- More than 2,000 refugees died in 2024 while attempting to reach Europe, according to recent data from the United Nations and Italian sources. At least 2,200 refugees and ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted 83 km N of Calama, Chile at 20:43:35 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 104.6 km ...