COTONOU, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Finnish Minister of Science and Culture Mari-Leena Talvitie officially handed over the Katakle -- a ceremonial royal stool from the Kingdom of Dahomey -- to Beninese ...

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Rosângela Lula da Silva, wife of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, visited China's National Center for ...

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is on a state visit to China, in Beijing on Tuesday.

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- China has successfully completed the full-engine testing of a 140-tonne liquid oxygen-methane engine that will power the country's reusable carrier rockets, the engine's ...

JERUSALEM, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Sirens sounded across central Israel on Tuesday, following a missile launch from Yemen, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. Enditem ...

RIYADH, May 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said during a visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that he will order cessation of the U.S. sanctions on Syria. Enditem ...

NAIROBI, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global trade association representing airlines, said on Tuesday that Chinese-made aircraft are expected to boost the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Nine police personnel belonging to the Federal Reserve Unit, which specializes in riot control, were killed in an accident on Tuesday, authorities said.

OTTAWA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled on Tuesday a new cabinet. The new cabinet, Carney's second but his first since being elected, includes a core group of 28 ...

In a thrilling showdown between Yang and the Hangzhou Asian Games champion Song Kuk Hyang of DPR Korea, Song matched the existing world record with 121kg, but Yang stole the spotlight on her third ...

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, China's top legislator, held talks with Speaker of Zimbabwe's Parliament Jacob Mudenda in Beijing on Tuesday.

According to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), the public trial took place at 1:00 p.m. local time when a single "National Alert" message was sent through all mobile network ...