Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the comments following reports of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's expected call on members of the alliance to increase their air and missile defenses by 400 ...

ASTANA, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has appointed Dauren Kosanov as the new minister of defence following the dismissal of his predecessor Ruslan Zhaksylykov, the country ...

JOHANNESBURG, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) in South Africa has launched a search operation after a light aircraft went missing on Sunday while flying over ...

KIEV/MOSCOW, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine and Russia on Monday carried out the first stage of a prisoner exchange following agreements reached in Istanbul last week, Ukraine's Coordinating Headquarters ...

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that Iran has prepared a set of measures in response to the potential adoption of an anti-Tehran resolution by the International Atomic ...

MADRID, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Spanish La Liga side Betis has moved to turn the loan deal for Brazilian defender, Natan Bernardo de Souza into a permanent signing.

BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- In her sunlit studio tucked away in China's porcelain capital Jingdezhen, French ceramic artist Camille Grandaty is immersed in her latest sunflower-themed series.

URUMQI, June 9 (Xinhua) -- China is building a giant radio telescope in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The main tower of the telescope was capped on Sunday, ushering in the ...

An aerial drone photo shows the summer scenery in Qutang Gorge, one of the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River, in southwest ...

He underscored that greater emphasis should be placed on the real value of sci-tech achievements in serving economic and social development. It is also necessary to further strengthen the leading role ...

TOKYO, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's weather agency on Monday warned of mudslides and flooding as heavy rain pounded the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, noting risks of life-threatening disasters ...

TRIPOLI, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan Defense Ministry on Monday said clashes that broke out in the capital Tripoli earlier Monday between rival armed groups have ended.