A Palestinian Christian lights a candle during an Orthodox Christmas mass at the Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City, Jan 7, ...

BANGKOK, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Rescued Chinese actor Wang Xing was a victim of human trafficking, Thai police said on Wednesday as authorities prepare to repatriate him to China.

World No. 119 Wei beat Germany's Tamara Korpatsch 6-3, 6-3 in one hour and 18 minutes, and the victory gave her the opportunity to reach the main draw at a Grand Slam for the first time with a win in ...

JAKARTA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government is planning to tighten housing construction standards nationwide in an effort to reduce the severe consequences of potential megathrust ...

JAKARTA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government has supplied 4 million vaccines, valued at 100 billion rupiahs (around 6 million U.S. dollars), to address the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease ...

The 31-year-old player, known as Nicholas Yennaris before being naturalized, just finished his six-year stint at Beijing Guoan. He posted a statement on social media on Tuesday, confirming his ...

BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government's labeling of Chinese tech firms as military companies is the latest example of using national security as a convenient fig leaf to cover up its ...

VIENTIANE, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Lao business sector has contributed 55 billion Lao kip (some 2.5 million U.S. dollars) to support the government's efforts to improve the quantity and quality of Lao ...

NEW DELHI, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Over 20 people were injured, two of them seriously, early Wednesday when an elephant turned violent during a local religious festival in the southern Indian state of ...

CANBERRA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reiterated social media's social responsibility on Wednesday following Meta's announcement to abandon its fact-checking program ...

LHASA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- A total of 646 aftershocks have been detected as of Wednesday noon after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on ...

VIENNA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country's interim chancellor following Karl Nehammer's recent resignation from the post, Austrian news ...