ISLAMABAD, April 16 (Xinhua) -- At least five security personnel were killed and three others injured on Tuesday afternoon as a suicide bomber targeted a check post in northwest tribal region of Pakistan, local media reported. According to the report...
ISLAMABAD, April 16 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people were killed and over 45 others injured in a suicide blast that targeted a political gathering of Awami National Party (ANP) in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city on Tuesday night, local media reporte...
HONG KONG, April.17 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Kepulauan Mentawai region, Indonesia at 18:22:29 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 27.80 km, was initially determine...
BY Misbah Saba Malik, Raheela Nazir ISLAMABAD, April 16 (Xinhua) -- At least 35 people were killed, over 180 others injured and hundreds of houses collapsed when a strong earthquake of 7.9 magnitude jolted parts of southern and southwest Pakistan on...
SYDNEY, April 17 (Xinhua) -- A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Wednesday, Geoscience Australia said. The earthquake, at a depth of 20 kilometers, occurred near the north coast of New Guinea, PNG at 8:55 a.m. (Aust...
OTTAWA, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra of Canada, led by renowned Music Director Pinchas Zukerman, will stage concerts in Chinese cities in October for the first time as part of the mutual cultural activities organized...
LISBON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The 13th escort taskforce of the Chinese navy arrived in Lisbon, capital of Portugal on Monday, for a five-day goodwill visit to the country. The visit by the taskforce, composed of two missile frigates of Huangshan and H...
RIYADH, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF) approved on Monday 10 loans worth over 105 million U.S. dollars to finance the country's industrial projects, according to Saudi Press Agency. The projects include the establis...
TEHRAN, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday congratulated Nicolas Maduro on his victory in Venezuela's presidential election, Press TV reported. Maduro's election has great significance in establishing a new world ord...
KABUL, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin on Monday met with the visiting Special Representative of Australian Prime Minister Angus Houston to discuss bilateral ties and issues of common concern. The two sides discussed t...
NEW YORK, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The 2013 Boston Marathon is the 117th version of the historical event, which was first held in 1897. The Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon and one of six World Marathon Majors. The race, which runs t...
WASHINGTON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. builder confidence for newly-built, single-family homes continued to drop in April, indicating the market had been losing momentum since the beginning of this year, a leading industry report said on Monday. The b...
BOSTON, the United States, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The two explosions that rocked the Boston Marathon on Monday has killed three people and injured at least 138, officials and media outlets said. Local police said the death toll has risen to three, incl...
WASHINGTON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will meet his Republic of Korea (ROK) counterpart Park Geun-hye on May 7 to discuss bilateral ties and security issues, the White House announced on Monday. The summit meeting at the White...
CARACAS, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The National Electoral Council (CNE) on Monday proclaimed Nicolas Maduro as Venezuela's new president. The CNE ... credited the citizen Nicolas Maduro ... as President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, elected in...
