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

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 ...

A staff member hands out a souvenir to a passenger who is about to take train G1305, the inaugural high-speed train service ...

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

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.

SHANGHAI, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- The 2024 annual conference of the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM) has commenced in Shanghai, with the announcement that the ICCM will now be ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Syria's interim Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani on Sunday underscored his country's commitment to forging positive foreign relations across the region. #XinhuaNews ...

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.