A visitor poses for photos at a plum blossom garden in the Guian New Area, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 24, 2026.

ABU DHABI, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Ukraine held "direct engagement" during the talks concluded Saturday in the United ...

Romanians dressed in traditional costumes attend a ceremony marking the Day of the Union of the Romanian Principalities in ...

People visit an exhibition at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, capital of Tunisia, Jan. 24, 2026. Featuring archaeological ...

RAQQA, Syria, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Eight years after being freed from the grip of the Islamic State (IS) group, the Syrian ...

GENEVA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Saturday that the reasons given by the United States for its decision to withdraw from the WHO are "untrue." ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Syria on Saturday extended a truce with Kurdish forces by 15 days to support the transfer of Islamic State (IS) detainees from Syria to Iraq, as tensions in the country's ...

YANGON, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The final phase of Myanmar's multi-party democratic general election began on Sunday morning, with polling stations opening in about 60 townships. ■ ...

OTTAWA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday called for "buy Canadian" and "build Canadian" in response to a new tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump. Carney ...

BAGHDAD, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Coordination Framework (CF), an umbrella alliance of Shiite parties and the largest parliamentary bloc, announced Saturday the official nomination of former Prime ...

MOSCOW, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Moscow on Saturday condemned Kiev for attacking an ambulance and killing three medics in the early hours of Saturday. An ambulance with its medical crew en route to a ...

CAIRO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has warned on Saturday that the displacement of over 2 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip would trigger severe security, ...