ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 30 (Xinhua) -- The 32nd Istanbul Film Festival started here on Saturday with more than 200 films in 20 categories to be screened in the coming two weeks. The festival promotes a wide spectrum of selections, from features, clas...
THE HAGUE, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Mico Stanisic and Stojan Zupljanin, two former high ranked Bosnian Serb officials, were sentenced to 22 years imprisonment by the trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal on Wednesday. Stanisic and Zupljani...
urban, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The leaders of five major emerging economies on Wednesday wrapped up their latest round of summit in the South African city of Durban to promote their partnership for development, integration and industrialization. It is t...
DURBAN, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The 5th BRICS summit ended Wednesday with leaders agreeing to establish a development bank, while several agreements were signed to strengthen cooperation within the grouping and enhance engagement with other emerging and...
TAIPEI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan this year killed at least one person and injured another 86 on Wednesday, local authorities said. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Nantou County at 10:03 a.m., followed by at least fiv...
LANZHOU, March 26 (Xinhua) -- About 4.35 million people in northwest China's Gansu Province have been affected by a weeklong drought, provincial authorities said Tuesday. A lack of precipitation and increasingly dusty weather conditions have affected...
JOHANNESBURG, March 26 (Xinhua) --Transnet, a South African state-owned transport and logistics company, and China Development Bank (CDB) on Tuesday signed an agreement to cooperate in upgrading infrastructure projects. Transnet said the cooperation...
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 20 (Xinhua) -- German first division club Wolfsburg has confirmed the departure of midfielder Josue to Brazil's Atletico Mineiro on a free transfer. The 33-year-old has signed a two-year deal with the Belo Horizonte outfit, Wolf...
ROME, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican star sprinter Usain Bolt will run the 100-meter race at Rome's Golden Gala, the fifth leg of the Diamond League, on June 6, 2013, organizers confirmed on Tuesday. It will be the third time in a row for the back-to-...
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Philadelphia Union and United States international winger Freddy Adu is set join Bahia in exchange for 2002 World Cup winning midfielder Kleberson, the Brazilian top-flight club said Tuesday. Negotiations for an o...
PARIS, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Paris Saint-Germain starlet Lucas Moura has claimed he was misunderstood after calling teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic as difficult and arrogant. The 20-year-old Brazilian used his Twitter account on Tuesday to deny any ill-fe...
ZURICH, March 19 (Xinhua) -- World football governing body FIFA announced Tuesday that the draw for the 2014 World Cup finals will be made on December 6 at Costa do Sauipe, Brazil. It was confirmed at the meeting that the draw for the 2014 World Cup...
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades says the terms of his country's new $13 billion bailout are painful, but that he had to agree to the deal with international lenders to keep the island nation from economic collapse. In a televised speech to his co...
UNITED NATIONS, March 25 (Xinhua) -- With the Israeli and Palestinian leaders having reiterated their commitment to a two- state solution, it is vital for the international community to help them bridge their differences and make a serious push for p...
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday used the moment of a naturalization ceremony at the White House to push Congress to put forward the immigration reform legislation. The president, who has just come back from a Mi...
