世界银行称全球食品价格下跌 WASHINGTON - Global food prices fell by 2 percent in the latest four-month period, marking the third straight period of declines, as declining imports in the Middle East and North Africa, and lower demand pushe...
It's for the protection of our West Philippine Sea, said Gazmin, using Manila's newly adopted name for part of the South China Sea. Subic's location will cut the time it takes for fighter aircraft to get to the South China Sea by more than three minu...
CAPE TOWN - An epic film based on the autobiography of former South African president Nelson Mandela will soon be released, it was learned here on Friday. The news came as Mandela spent his 48th day in hospital for treatment of a recurring lung infec...
埃及警方否认使用致命武器 CAIRO - Egyptian police spokesman said Saturday that the police forces only used tear gas in the clashes erupted on Friday. Hany Abdel Latif, the spokesman, denied in a televised statement that police officers fir...
以色列-巴勒斯坦和平谈判恢复 WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM - Israel and the Palestinians plan to resume peace negotiations this week for the first time in nearly three years after an intense effort by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to bring th...
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Sunday strongly condemned the upsurge of violence in Egypt, which reportedly left more than 70 people dead, and urged all Egyptian leaders to urge their supporters to show restraint. The secretary...
The US House of Representatives narrowly approved continuing the National Security Agency's secret collection of hundreds of millions of citizens' phone records after a fierce debate pitting privacy rights against the government's efforts to thwart t...
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration told Congress on Thursday it does not plan to make a determination on whether a military coup occurred in Egypt, avoiding a decision that would force the cut off of most of the annual $1.55 billion in U.S. aid. U...
MOSCOW - Russian laws do not limit the time for US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden's stay at the transit zone of a Moscow airport, the Justice Ministry said Saturday. Russian law does not stipulate the duration of time for which a foreign c...
At least 39 people died after a tourist bus crashed through a guard rail in southern Italy Sunday evening, local media reported. ROME - Thirty people were killed and some others were injured in a coach accident on Sunday in southern Italy, local medi...
Washington and Hanoi agreed on a partnership to further ties in trade, science and education after Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang met US President Barack Obama on Thursday in Washington. Chinese observers said the move is designed to enhance ties...
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON - The United States has made a formal promise to Russia not to execute or torture Edward Snowden if he is sent home to face charges of illegally disclosing government secrets, and the Kremlin said Russian and US security agencies ar...
WASHINGTON, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The Israelis and the Palestinians are set to resume their peace talks in Washington D.C. on Monday, the U.S. State Department said on Sunday. Secretary of State John Kerry extended his invitation to both sides in his p...
PARIS, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Growth of jobless claims in France slowed down but the government was still in battle to reverse the alarming unemployment rate, French Labor Minister Michel Sapin said on Thursday. There are signs of slight improvement in...
MOSCOW, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States does not ask Russia to extradite Edward Snowden but just wants him returned, U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said Thursday. The U.S. doesn't ask to 'extradite' but simply to return Mr. Snowden, h...
