CAPE TOWN, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The cost of road crashes is draining South Africa's economy by an estimated 205 billion rand (about 11.5 billion U.S. dollars) annually, equivalent to 3.5 percent of ...

CAIRO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday held a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the Gaza war, with both leaders pledging closer ...

UNIFIL peacekeepers found a 50-meter-long tunnel and unexploded munitions near the town of Al-Qusayr during a field operation coordinated with the Lebanese army, UNIFIL said in a statement, adding ...

WINDHOEK, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Namibian government plans to transform its fishing industry from a raw materials exporter into a comprehensive seafood economy, an official revealed on Wednesday.

NAIROBI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on Wednesday commissioned a modern patrol boat for Sibiloi National Park in an effort to bolster the protection of Lake Turkana in the ...

NAIROBI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Wednesday announced the launch of a project to boost the phasing ...

The Japan Coast Guard received an emergency call around 5 p.m. local time reporting that the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans, more than 200 meters in length, had caught fire, national ...

LHASA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a gala marking the 60th founding anniversary of Xizang Autonomous Region in the regional capital Lhasa Wednesday evening.

The donation, comprising rice, cooking oil, sugar, and milk powder, was delivered during a ceremony attended by Wang Yongzhao, charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Mauritania, and Mohamed ...

Dugong activity has been repeatedly observed near the reef since early July, according to researchers at an ecological and environmental research station operated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' ...

KABUL -- The death toll of the deadly road accident, which occurred in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Tuesday night, has reached 79, including women and children, spokesman for the Ministry ...

The player's partner is due to give birth in the coming days and under Spanish law, men are entitled to 19-weeks paternity leave. If Cruz took paternity leave, that would mean Leganes would be without ...