Chinese Ambassador to Syria Feng Biao (4th L) shakes hands with the head of the University Children Hospital Rustom Makkieh during a ceremony held at the Minist

An ultra-modern vertical farm in the middle of the desert stands as a testament to Dubai's determination to spark a "green revolution" to overcome its dependenc

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse were detained on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers in the capital Bamako, according to media r

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias (L) and Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides attend a joint press conference in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Aug. 18, 2020

A pedestrian walks past shuttered shop fronts on an empty shopping street in London amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday. Photo: AFP



The British governmen

An Eritrean man goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday for fatally throwing a boy under a train during an episode of paranoid schizophrenia, in a case that stoke

A photo taken on Tuesday shows a flame in memory of Jewish Holocaust victims during a ceremony without participants due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the Ho

People shop at a market in Anantnag town, about 60 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aug. 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Palestinians sit around a fire during a power outage outside their house in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Aug. 18, 2020. A Palestinian officia

A Russian major general was killed and two servicemen wounded when an improvised explosive device went off near a Russian convoy in eastern Syria on Tuesday, ne

Japan's economy shrank a record 7.8 percent in the April-June quarter, the worst contraction in the nation's modern history, data showed Monday, as the coronavi

Ten civilians and one police officer were killed in a gun and bomb attack by Al-Shabaab fighters on an upscale beachfront hotel in Somalia's capital on Sunday,

People visit a supermarket in Auckland, New Zealand, Aug. 15, 2020. Photo: Xinhua
New Zealand workers whose jobs may be affected by the re-emergence of COVID-19

An Iranian flag is pictured at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Jan. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)US President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to use a cont

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: Xinhua

A Philippine government minister has tested positive for coronavirus five months after an initial diagnosis, authorities said Monday, as experts investigate whe

Egypt approved a new law on Sunday to protect the identity of women who come forward to report sexual harassment or assault in a move that aimed to encourage wo

A medic wearing a face mask checks the body temperature of a boy before he enters the Great Moscow circus in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 7, 2020. The circus opened

Passengers wearing face masks are seen by a tram in Berlin, capital of Germany, July 16, 2020. Photo: Xinhua
The German economy was currently on a "recovery pat

Fishermen are seen in a flooded area on the bank of the White Nile in Khartoum, Sudan, on Aug. 17, 2020. A total of 63 people have been killed due to the torren

French President Emmanuel Macron leaves the European Council building in the early morning during an EU summit in Brussels, on Monday. Photo: AFPFrench Presiden

Staff members sanitize at a bus station in Harare, Zimbabwe, April 1, 2020. Photo: Xinhua
Zimbabwe recorded 47 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking the country'

Israeli medical staff evacuate a woman wounded in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City, on Aug. 17, 2020. The Israeli police shot dead on Monday a Palestin

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem (R, Center) meets with visiting Ali Asghar Khaji (L, Center), senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, in Dama

Reported greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oilpatch have more than doubled in 2020's first half as changes to how they are measured revealed a more extensi