Five persons have died and another 88 have sustained injuries after a tornado struck Dongming Country of East China’s Shandong Province on Friday. Those who were injured have been sent to hospitals for...
A fire broke out in the Chinatown area of Thailand capital's Bangkok on Saturday. About 40 fire engines were deployed to the scene and they had the blaze under control within three hours. No deaths were...
The Customs and Excise Department has covered an illegal cigarette factory in Hong Kong. It’s believed that a syndicate had set up its own production line to manufacture counterfeit cigarettes to supply to...
Former foreign political dignitaries, diplomatic envoys from various countries in China, as well as experts and scholars, gathered on Saturday at the 12th World Peace Forum in Beijing to share their views on...
The death toll from floods in Bangladesh this week has risen to eight, leaving more than two million affected after heavy rains caused major rivers to burst their banks, officials confirmed Saturday.
The South...
The military regimes of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso hold a summit to mark their divorce from the rest of West Africa as they sign a treaty setting up a new confederation between them.
The three countries all...
Finland has become the first country in Europe to offer bird flu vaccines to those at risk of the disease. Finland is the first country in Europe to offer bird flu vaccine.
The bird flu jabs are intended for...
Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has delivered his first speech after winning Friday's presidential runoff. Pezeshkian won more than 53 percent of votes as the sole reformist candidate, defeating...
The second round of France's parliamentary elections are holding today. The French are heading for parliamentary elections with a very uncertain outcome. The reason for all the commotion is the elections for a...
Tokyo residents vote Sunday to elect a new governor for the Japanese capital with incumbent Yuriko Koike challenged by opposition figure Renho, two prominent women in the country's male-dominated political...