China on Saturday urged the United States to drop irresponsible remarks on the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea to avoid detriment to stability in the region. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said it is a legitimate r...
Chinese President Xi Jinping says he is very satisfied with the fruitful development of China-Russia relations. He said in the exclusive interview with Rossiya TV that the bilateral relationship has entered a phase that boasts the most solid foundati...
The Chinese President met with the UN Secretary General ahead of the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics. China is proposing and implementing multilateralism in supporting UN peace and development efforts. The Chinese president stresses tha...
Voters in Thailand have cast their ballots in a general election blighted by protests. Polling in a few constituencies of the capital city and in most southern provinces was called off due to unrest caused by anti-government protesters. But a large m...
Chinese ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming says China has taken serious measures to surmount economic and political obstacles and has a bright future in the road ahead. Liu Xiaoming delivered a speech at the conference themed The Road Ahead: Visions f...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China will provide the world with more Chinese opportunities in development as it is embracing a new round of comprehensive reforms. He said during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meetings that China's new...
UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says in Geneva that talks for a solution to end conflicts in Syria will continue this weekend, and neither the government delegation nor the opposition is going to withdraw. He's met separately the delegations of the oppos...
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has condemned the deadly terrorist attack on an Iranian diplomat in Yemen on Saturday. Afkham said a terrorist group attacked an Iranian embassy's diplomat in a Sanaa street and tried to kidnap him,...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on the Syrian government and opposition to start talks to find solutions. He said Political solutions through dialogue is the only correct path and the consensus of the international community. It is also t...
The Obama administration is sending its top envoy for East Asia to visit China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. The State Department says Daniel Russel, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, will start his visit on Monday...
At least 18 people were killed and over 50 others injured in a stampede in Mumbai in the early hours of Saturday. A senior police official says the incident happened near the residence of a Muslim spiritual leader in posh Malabar area of the financia...
Chinese president Xi Jinping has met with a delegation from the Gulf Cooperation Council on the sidelines of the third round of China-GCC strategic discussions. Xi Jinping says China will continue to work with the GCC to strengthen planning and expan...
China succeeded in its first 300-meter saturation dive on Sunday morning as three divers returned safe and sound from deep water to the living chamber on their ship. The diving bell actually reached a depth of 313.5 meters under the South China Sea,...
South Korea and the United States have reached a final agreement to share annual defense costs for the 28, 500 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea over the next five years. South Korea agreed to pay 920 billion won (870 million U.S. dollars) in 2014...
A fire that started in the early hours of Saturday in an ancient town in Shangri-la, a resort county in southwest China's Yunnan Province, has been completely put out. A local official says the fire broke out at the Ruyi Inn in the Dukezong Ancient T...
