MEXICO CITY, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- At least seven inmates were killed and 11 others injured after a riot broke out at a prison on Saturday afternoon in the city of Tuxpan in the eastern Mexican state of ...

GAZA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Hamas said on Sunday that it is ready to comply with a request from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to deliver food and medicine to Israeli captives held ...

ADEN, Yemen, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a migrant boat capsizing off Yemen's coast has risen to 68, with 74 others still missing, as search and rescue operations continue amid rough seas, ...

Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense, told Xinhua that 28 Palestinians were killed in Khan Younis and the northern Rafah area in southern Gaza. Among them, 23 were killed near U.S.-backed ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) on Sunday approved the establishment of the country's defense council presided over by President Masoud Pezeshkian, the ...

MANAMA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese fine brushwork painting exhibition opened on Sunday at the Bahrain Art Centre in Manama, Bahrain, showcasing nearly 50 flower-and-bird artworks by Chinese artist ...

JERUSALEM/SANAA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli military said on Sunday it intercepted a drone launched from Yemen. In a statement, the military said sirens in Bnei Netzarim, southern Israel, were ...

Alex Outhwaite visited China's Guizhou Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in May. She said it was her first time in China, and an unforgettable one. "We visited many traditional Miao and ...

DAMASCUS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Syria's interior authorities on Sunday accused Druze armed factions in the southern province of Sweida of violating a ceasefire agreement by launching coordinated attacks ...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- South Africa is enhancing security at ports of entry by introducing measures such as the use of drones and traceable stamps, an official from the Border Management ...

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rains have battered multiple parts of China, triggering road collapses, resident evacuations and heightened flood risks, as authorities raised emergency response ...

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Water Resources on Sunday elevated its emergency response to flooding in Gansu and Qinghai to Level-III, the third-highest in the country's four-tier ...