Performers wearing light-decorated costumes are seen during the Festival of Lights in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 30, ...

MADRID, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- La Liga struggler Real Valladolid has sacked coach Paul Pezzolano in the wake of its 5-0 thrashing at home to Atletico Madrid on Saturday night. Pezzolano leaves with ...

NANJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Water sports such as sailing, canoeing and rowing have become more and more popular in Jiangsu Province in recent years, as over 60 athletes in 23 teams nationwide competed ...

KABUL, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces have destroyed 12 clandestine drug processing labs and set on fire 46,000 kg of illicit drugs in western Afghanistan's Ghor province, the office of ...

KATHMANDU, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Five Nepali workers engaged in bridge construction were killed on Sunday after a mudslide buried them. The laborers were mobilized to dig a pit for the construction of a ...

BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli will pay an official visit to China from Dec. 2 to 5 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang.

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) conducted multiple anti-smuggling operations across the country, resulting in the recovery of over 260 kg of drugs, said an official ...

"Tariffs not only affect Canadian businesses. They actually affect American businesses as well," said Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's tariff threats.

SANAA, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group launched a ballistic rocket towards Israel early Sunday morning, Houthi media outlets reported. Residents near the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah ...

BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Sunday slammed U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and strongly condemned its attempt to weaponize the region.

DAMASCUS, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Syrian government forces launched a counteroffensive in the northern countryside of Hama province in central Syria, reclaiming key areas from rebel groups after days of ...

NANNING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Often dubbed the "forbidden zone of life," the HIV/AIDS ward at the Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has become a ...