Chinese leaders to attend National Day celebrations Party and state leaders are set to attend National Day celebrations in Tian'anmen Square in Beijing tomorrow. Leaders of the Communist Party of China are due to present flower baskets to the Monumen...
12 killed as 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits SW Pakistan At least 12 people were killed when an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale hit Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Saturday afternoon. The region was hit by a 7.7-magnitude qua...
Obama speaks with Iranian President by phone on nuke issue U.S. President Barack Obama says he has spoken with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani by phone regarding Theran's nuclear program. It's the first such top-level conversation between the...
Security Council passed draft resolution on Syria's chemical weapons stocks The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council have reached an agreement on a resolution to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons arsenal. Britain is set to introduce t...
Emergency relief sent to earthquake area The 7.7 magnitude earthquake which has jolted southwestern Pakistan, has so far claimed over 320 lives and injured over 500 others. Authorities in Pakistan are now sending in emergency relief into Baluchistan,...
Death toll set to rise after some bodies trapped in Kenya's mall Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says security forces have now defeated the attackers four days after fighting began at a Nairobi mall. In a televised address to the nation, Kenyatta sai...
Typhoon Usagi enters Guangxi after being downgraded to a tropical depression Typhoon Usagi has entered Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region after it was downgraded to a tropical depression. The storm was forecast to leave Guangxi for waters off the regio...
Typhoon Usagi kills three people in Guangdong At least three people have been killed as typhoon Usagi, the strongest of the year, made landfall in south China's Guangdong Province on Sunday evening. It has passed Shanwei city in the province, where o...
39 killed in Kenya mall attack, Al-Shabaab claims responsibility The death toll in an attack on a popular upmarket shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has risen to 39. The Somali militant group al-Shabab, which has links to al-Qaeda, has clai...
China upgrades warning for super typhoon Usagi China's meteorological authority has upgraded the level of warning for super typhoon Usagi, which may become the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year. Usagi is now catagorized as a Super Typhoo...
US Secretary of State Kerry and Chinese counterpart Wang on Syria Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China welcomes the agreement between the US and Russia to put Syria's chemical weapons under international supervision. Wang Yi made the remarks d...
China and Jordan to promote bilateral cooperation Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with visiting Jordanian King Abdullah to discuss bilateral ties. Xi Jinping has described Jordan as a good friend of China. King Abdullah says he admires the achie...
Chinese, Russian FMs discuss Syria crisis on phone Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov have had a comprehensive and in-depth exchange of views on the Syrian crisis via telephone. Wang said China welcomed the Ru...
Dead suspect for Washington Yard shooting identified At least 13 people have been confirmed dead in the Washington Yard mass shooting, including a suspect who has been identified as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis. Law enforcement says the deceased gunman o...
China-Arab States Expo opens in Ningxia The first China-Arab States Expo, a key platform to promote the relationship between China and the Arab states, has kicked off in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. More than 7,300 domestic and ov...