PANAMA CITY, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- A boat carrying 19 passengers sank off the northeastern coast of Panama Friday night, claiming the life of an eight-year-old Venezuelan child, authorities said ...

RIYADH, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Germany's Agit Kabayel captured the WBC interim heavyweight title with a sixth-round TKO victory over China's Zhang Zhilei on Friday night, as part of the Riyadh Season ...

In Xinjiang, nature has staged a mesmerizing spectacle: rime-covered trees sparkle like a poetic vision of "a thousand trees ...

GAZA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hamas accused Israel on Saturday of violating the terms of a Gaza ceasefire agreement by delaying the release of a seventh group of Palestinian prisoners, calling the move a ...

BUDAPEST, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Saturday opposed Ukraine's bid to join NATO, and pledged to block its access to the European Union (EU) if it runs counter to ...

In October 1942, the Lisbon Maru, a cargo vessel requisitioned by the Japanese army to transport more than 1,800 British prisoners of war (POWs) from Hong Kong to Japan, was struck by U.S. forces off ...

VIENNA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the NEOS party announced on Saturday that they are edging toward a coalition deal after the recent ...

KHARTOUM, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- At least 83 people have died during the past 72 hours due to a cholera outbreak in Sudan's White Nile State, local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) reported Saturday ...

TUNIS, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- The 22nd China Lecture was held here on Saturday, featuring more than 100 participants from diplomacy, universities and research institutions from China and Tunisia.

PARIS, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- A knife attack killed one person and injured two others in Mulhouse, east France, on Saturday afternoon, the French news channel BFMTV reported.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli government has postponed the release of 602 Palestinian prisoners agreed as part of the latest hostage-prisoner swap, Palestinian and Israeli sources ...