CAIRO, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian court on Sunday set Aug. 25 as the trial date for Muslim Brotherhood (MB)'s top leader and two of his deputies and other members over various charges, state- run MENA news agency reported. The charges include kil...
TEHRAN, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Hassan Rouhani was sworn in as Iran' s new president on Sunday amid hopes that he will bring changes to the country's social and economic sectors as well as its foreign relations. Attended by Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq...
BRASILIA - A Brazilian court sentenced 25 police officers to 624 years in jail on Saturday for the killing of dozens of inmates in the country's bloodiest prison riot in which 111 people died two decades ago. Military police stormed Sao Paulo's Caran...
Panamanian investigators unloading the cargo of a seized Pyongyang ship carrying arms from Cuba under sacks of brown sugar on Tuesday found 12 engines for MiG-21 fighter jets and five military vehicles that officials said resembled missile control ce...
HAVANA - Four Cuban boxers will begin training in China this week in preparation for the 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Kazakhstan in October and the World Series of Boxing the following month, a sports official said Tuesday. Eduardo Limo...
美对俄表示失望正重新考虑首脑峰会 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is rethinking whether to hold a summit in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin next month after Russia rejected US pleas and gave temporary asylum to former American...
I have just delivered documents to him from the Russian Federal Migrant Service (FMS), the Interfax news agency quoted Anatoly Kucherena as saying. Kucherena said the documents allowed Snowden to move freely within Russia and the former intelligence...
美国出于安全原因关闭一些大使馆 WASHINGTON - US embassies that would normally be open this Sunday - including those in Abu Dhabi, Baghdad and Cairo - will be closed that day because of unspecified security concerns, the US State Departm...
MONTEVIDEO, July 31 (Xinhua) -- An Uruguayan judge Wednesday ordered the detention in prison of 10 members of a drug trafficking ring who were caught earlier this week with almost half a ton of marijuana shipped in from neighboring Paraguay, media re...
JOHANNESBURG - Former South African President Nelson Mandela still remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital in Pretoria, and continues to show improvement, the Presidency said on Tuesday. President Jacob Zuma has urged the public to con...
We received thousands of protest e-mails, but history cannot be denied. This is a testament to the history and to the will of Korean people, city Councilwoman Laura Friedman said at the unveiling ceremony. We are proud to be the first city on the Wes...
Speaking to the state-owned Rossiya 24 channel in footage broadcast Wednesday, Lon Snowden of Allentown, Pennsylvania, thanked the Kremlin for the courage shown in keeping his son safe. Addressing his son, Lon Snowden said that your family is well an...
The reigning world champions led the race at the first turn and looked comfortable in the following laps as he maintained a narrow lead over Jordan Harrison and Cochrane, although Harrison dropped away at around 400 meters as Connor Jaeger came into...
He hit the brakes too late. The train, carrying 218 passengers in eight carriages, hurtled off the tracks and slammed into a concrete wall, killing 79 people. On Tuesday, investigators looking into the crash announced their preliminary findings from...
Carter has made contact with the DPRK to arrange for the visit, and he is likely to make the trip in a personal capacity to secure the release of US citizen Kenneth Bae, a source in Washington was quoted as saying by Yonhap. The diplomatic source was...
