People buy special stamps marking the Year of the Snake on the day of issuance in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 5, 2025.

Zhangjiangkou National Mangrove Nature Reserve in Yunxiao County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Located in the estuary ...

KHOST, Afghanistan, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Gas leakage of a heater has claimed the lives of five members of a family in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province on Sunday night, provincial police spokesman ...

People visit an ice sculpture festival held at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 5, 2025. The event ...

SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- The National Office of Investigation (NOI) of the Korean National Police Agency said on Monday that the document sent by the state anti-corruption agency regarding the ...

NEW DELHI, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Two cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) were detected in India's southern state of Karnataka, the federal Health Ministry said on Monday.

The rise in December inflation brought the rate back within the Bank of Thailand's target range of 1-3 percent for the first time in seven months. The core CPI, which excludes raw food and energy ...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- A military police deputy chief and another officer in southern Cambodia's Takeo province were arrested last week for accepting bribes from drug traffickers and illegal ...

CANBERRA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Three people are missing at sea after two separate incidents off the coast of South Australia (SA) on Monday. Police and ambulance crews were called to a beach near Point ...

COLOMBO, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan navy announced on Monday it confiscated narcotic drugs worth 28.1 billion rupees (around 95.8 million U.S. dollars) during operations carried out in 2024.

HANOI, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.09 percent in 2024, driven by services and industrial production, the country's General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on ...

SYDNEY, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Cooler conditions and rain have allowed authorities in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria to contain a major bushfire that has been burning since mid-December.