The decision was made during a Council of Chairpersons meeting on Wednesday, presided over by Zhao Leji, chairman of the NPC ...

A traditional Sri Lankan mask maker paints a wooden mask in Gonapola village, Sri Lanka on June 25, 2025. The southern region ...

MOSCOW, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Wednesday that it had thwarted a plot to attack military personnel in the Moscow region.

THE HAGUE, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have agreed to raise their defense spending to 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) annually by 2035, ...

A coach demonstrates Bajiquan, a powerful style of Kung Fu, to Russian students at a training base in Qingxian County, ...

THE HAGUE, June 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said here on Wednesday that the United States will hold talks with Iran next week. "We're going to talk to them next week, with Iran. We may ...

MOSCOW, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States is not yet ready to eliminate the difficulties around the work of the diplomatic missions of both countries, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said ...

RAMALLAH, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday expressed his readiness to cooperate with U.S. President Donald Trump to achieve a comprehensive peace agreement that ...

JAKARTA, June 25 (Xinhua) -- A long boat carrying 13 football players sank in waters off Batam City in Indonesia's Riau Islands Province on Wednesday afternoon, leaving two footballers missing, an ...

RAMALLAH, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Israeli police shot and killed an elderly Palestinian woman during a raid in East Jerusalem on Wednesday, according to Palestinian authorities, as tensions in the region ...

MAPUTO, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Mozambique held a grand ceremony on Wednesday at Machava Stadium in Matola, Maputo Province, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the country's independence from ...

Riek called for more partnership with China in supporting African countries with public health infrastructure, training capacity for laboratories and the building of NPHIs. During the meeting, Riek ...