The Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, is typically a time for family reunions and visits with friends. However, this year ...

Washington D.C. fire chief said on Thursday that there are likely no survivors in the midair collision of a passenger plane ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Embassy in the United States said on Thursday that two Chinese citizens were among the victims in the mid-air collision of a passenger plane and a ...

With this landmark achievement, Niger becomes the first country in Africa to eradicate this disease, which had particularly impacted populations living near certain waterways. On the same day, the ...

Building on the remarkable progress achieved in recent years, China's commercial reusable rocket developers are poised to reach new heights over the next 12 months.

"We are deeply concerned by the situation in South Kivu particularly, which remains very volatile, with credible reports that the M23 is moving rapidly towards the city of Bukavu," said Stephane ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- An internal report by the Federal Aviation Administration suggested that the controller on duty when the deadly aircraft collision happened in Washington, D.C. was ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended higher on Thursday, as investors weighed a series of key earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 168.61 points, or 0.38 percent, to ...

JERUSALEM/GAZA -- Israel agreed on Thursday to release 110 Palestinian prisoners, including 30 minors, reversing an earlier decision to delay the exchange. The move followed the release of three ...

Egypt's General Authority of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) said on Thursday that its net revenues surged to around 5.7 billion Egyptian pounds (nearly 113.5 million U.S. dollars) in the first ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Scientists with NASA's Juno mission have discovered a volcanic hot spot in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter's moon Io, NASA said on Thursday. The hot spot is not ...

DOHA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who arrived in Damascus for a visit earlier on Thursday, reaffirmed his country's unwavering support for Syria's unity, ...