Five Terror Suspects Depart Britain to Face US Charges Two U.S. planes carrying radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other suspected terrorists have departed Britain for the United States, hours after Britain's High Court cleared the w...
Obama, Romney exchange barbs as jobs number improves WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney intensified attacks against each other on Friday, as they reacted to a newly improved jobs numbe...
2 US Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan The U.S. military says two American service members have died following an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan. The military says the attack took place on Saturday but provided no other information about the in...
Israel downed unmanned drone in south: IDF spokesperson JERUSALEM, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli air force has on Saturday struck down an unmanned aircraft in the Israeli airspace, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson told Xinhua. But the spo...
Obama Re-Election Campaign Hits Fundraising High U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic Party have raised $181 million in September for his re-election effort - their highest monthly total yet of the 2012 presidential race. The pre...
Economist: Spanish football dying MADRID, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The economist, Jose Maria Gay de Liebana has given a warning to Spanish football clubs that the sport is in danger of dying out in the country. It seems hard to believe in a football mad...
FIFA to announce 2018 World Cup host cities next Saturday MOSCOW, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) confirmed on Friday it would announced the host cities of the 2018 World Cup in Russia next Saturday....
FIFA defends World Cup mascot names RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- World football's governing body FIFA released a statement Friday defending its selection process for naming the 2014 World Cup mascot. Brazilian fans have been critical of FIFA'...
China shuts down 97,000 blog, microblog accounts in anti-porn campaign BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have shut down about 97,000 blog and microblog accounts over the past seven months which are allegedly involved in dissemination...
China's National Day marked in Madagascar Antananarivo, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- The 63rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was celebrated on Friday at the Chinese Embassy in Madagascar. Diplomatic representatives in function...
Russia calls for global unclear terror prevention mechanism MOSCOW, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Friday called for a preventive mechanism to counter nuclear terrorism threats at the end of international exercises in countering nuclear terrorism. Hi...
Palestinian official expects vote on bid of UN recognition at year- end RAMALLAH, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A senior Palestinian official expected on Friday that the vote in the UN on the Palestinian bid of recognizing the state of Palestine as a non-memb...
Agricultural commodities soar with USDA report CHICAGO, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chicago corn, wheat and soybean futures all sharply rose Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Quarterly Grain Stocks report paved the way for bullish lev...
Galliani allows more time for AC Milan coach Allegri MILAN, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan club vice president Adriano Galliani insisted Thursday that the Rossoneri head coach Massimiliano Allegri has not been given one game to save his job. Local rep...
Bayern Munich beat Valencia 2-1 at Champions League BERLIN, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Bastian Schweinsteiger and Toni Kroos ensured a successful start for Bayern Munich into their UEFA Champions League adventure following a 2-1 win over Valencia at outsol...
