Namibia, which has played at every Rugby World Cup since 1999, will now play in the final qualification tournament in Dubai this November. This will take the format of a four-team round robin also ...

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it killed a Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon on Saturday. The IDF said in a statement that its ...

MOSCOW, July 26 (Xinhua) -- More than 130 specialists are working at the crash site of an An-24 plane near Russia's Far Eastern city of Tynda, the country's Emergencies Ministry said Saturday.

NEW DELHI, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Indian security forces gunned down at least four Naxals armed rebels called in the country's central state of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, a local police officer said. The ...

In Fuping County, Baoding City of Hebei, two were killed and two others missing due to the latest round of heavy rainfall starting from Friday. For the county, the record-breaking downpour has caused ...

VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe, July 26 (Xinhua) -- African countries can benefit from China's experience in wetland conservation and restoration, an official from Wetlands International has said.

ADDIS ABABA, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) on Saturday welcomed France's announcement to officially recognize the State of Palestine, describing it as a "significant step" that aligns ...

YAOUNDE, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Elections Cameroon (Elecam), the country's electoral body, on Saturday announced that it has provisionally approved 13 candidates out of 83 who applied to run in the ...

ISLAMABAD, July 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 271 people were killed and 655 others were injured across Pakistan due to rain-related incidents since June 26, according to the National Disaster Management ...

BANGKOK, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese embassy in Thailand issued an advisory on Saturday urging Chinese citizens in Thailand to avoid traveling to areas affected by the ongoing border conflict ...

The result indicates that peaceful cross-Strait relations represent the mainstream will of the people in Taiwan, said Wang Kun-Yih, president of the Taiwan International Strategic Study Society. If ...

Data from China's General Administration of Customs showed that following positive progress in recent economic and trade talks in Geneva and London, trade between the two countries recovered to over ...