The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, opened 1.57 percent higher at 1,443.62 points on Monday. The STAR 50 Index, which tracks the 50 ...

A protest involving several hundred people turned violent in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday night, leading to the arrest of two men, Swiss police said in a statement on Sunday. The protesters, some ...

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 7.32 points, or 0.03 percent, to open at 23,301.74 points Monday. ■ ...

In a statement published on the IRGC's official news outlet Sepah News, the navy said the tankers were transiting the "unauthorized" route in the strait. (Iran-Oil Tankers-Explosion) BAGHDAD -- Iraqi ...

Iran conveyed the seven-day plan containing its conditions for ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz to the United States through mediators on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN ...

Upper Belvedere in Vienna, Austria. (Photo by Han Lu/Xinhua) This photo taken on Oct. 28, 2026 shows a view of the Austrian ...

China's top legislature on Monday began deliberating a draft amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law aimed at better punishing crimes while further protecting the rights of participants in criminal ...

China's central bank on Monday changed its main policy rate from the seven-day reverse repo rate to the overnight reverse repo rate as it conducted 541 billion yuan (about 80.6 billion U.S. dollars) ...

Three people were killed and two others abducted after unidentified gunmen opened fire in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, local authorities said on Monday. The incident occurred in Killa ...

JERUSALEM, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops withdrew from the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, ending a 10-day military operation launched after a Palestinian shooting attack that killed ...

KABUL, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- A four-day anti-polio vaccination campaign was launched across Afghanistan on Monday, aiming to vaccinate 12.8 million children, the official Bakhtar News Agency reported.

ULAN BATOR, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- A bear attacked and killed 63 sheep and goats belonging to a herder in western Mongolia, local media reported on Monday, citing the Ministry of Environment and Climate ...