ANKARA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Saturday that the newly-signed Makkah Joint Defense Agreement does not target Iran, clarifying that the deal is defensive in nature ...

OTTAWA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The western Canadian province of British Columbia (B.C.) declared a provincial state of emergency on Saturday as fast-spreading wildfires threatened several communities.

TBILISI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- S&P Global Ratings has revised the outlook on Georgia's sovereign credit rating to positive from stable, while affirming its "BB/B" long- and short-term ratings, Georgia's ...

LIMA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and six others injured early Saturday after a minivan collided with a trailer truck on a highway in Peru's southern Cusco region, local media ...

BEIRUT, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Three Lebanese soldiers were injured on Saturday while dismantling unexploded ordnance in Zawtar al-Gharbiyah, the same southern Lebanese town where Israeli forces erected a ...

NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Forty-year-old Bart rode his motorcycle about 70 kilometers from Venlo in the southern Netherlands to the Waal Bridge in Nijmegen on Thursday, simply to ...

During his brief visit, Cooper met with Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir and other senior commanders to assess the current multi-front situation, Kan reported. It reported that the U.S. military ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday Tehran will keep pursuing the path of peace under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed recently with the United ...

RIYADH, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China won one gold and three silver medals at the third International Nuclear Science Olympiad (INSO) in Jeddah on Saturday, marking the country's debut at the competition.

YEREVAN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A new artificial intelligence (AI) factory opened in Armenia's Hrazdan on Saturday, marking the launch of the first phase of a project developed by Firebird, a U.S.-based ...

Alongside Zhao Zhuangji, Zhu has played versions of herself at different points in her career. She has worked in musical theater for more than a decade, performed and taught in China, and came to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed Saturday when a helicopter crashed in a forested area in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, firefighters said.