LHASA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged Xizang Autonomous Region to build a modern socialist new Xizang that is united, prosperous, civilized, harmonious and ...

GAZA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have voiced urgent calls for the reopening of border crossings to ease deteriorating humanitarian conditions, as Israel's war on the enclave ...

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Zhao Leji met with Tran Quang Phuong, vice chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, in Beijing on Wednesday.

KABUL, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Afghan Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund here on Wednesday met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the ...

NAIROBI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to leverage its special economic zones to strengthen its industrial base and boost exports, officials said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Discussing security guarantees for Ukraine without Russian involvement is a "road to nowhere," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.

HELSINKI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, on Wednesday kept its policy rate unchanged at 2 percent, citing above-target inflation and weak economic activity, but signaled a ...

DAMASCUS, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-led coalition forces carried out an airborne raid on a house in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib on Wednesday, killing a man, reportedly an Islamic State ...