PYONGYANG, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Sunday oversaw a long-range strategic cruise missile launching drill conducted in the ...

SINGAPORE, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Offenders convicted of scams or scam-related offenses in Singapore may face caning starting Tuesday, under the Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025, passed ...

CANBERRA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday announced the terms for an independent review of the Bondi Beach terror attack, but he again resisted calls to launch ...

TOKYO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Japan's agriculture ministry said on Monday that genetic testing has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a farm in Hokkaido Prefecture, marking the ...

NANJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command is employing fighters, bombers and unmanned aerial vehicles in coordination with long-range rocket fires ...

JAKARTA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian police are conducting identification procedures for 16 people killed in a fire that broke out at a nursing home in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi ...

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's special counsel on Monday finalized investigations into corruption charges of former impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife.

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday released a survey report on the coral reef ecosystem of Huangyan Dao, which is located in Sansha City of the southernmost Hainan Province.

Formula 1's 2025 season arrived with the promise of stability yet delivered a year shaped by fluctuating form, shifting power structures and the first real sense that the current competitive order is ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that the two sides are "getting a lot closer, maybe very close" to a peace deal to end the Ukraine crisis after meeting with ...

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Monday by the China Foreign Exchange ...

QUITO, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed on Sunday in an armed attack in western Ecuador's Pacific Coast province of Manabi, one of the country's most violent regions, said the ...