GENEVA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A UN official has praised China's approach to disaster risk reduction and resilience-building, describing it as strongly "people-centered" and offering valuable lessons for ...

QUITO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador on Friday began imposing a 100 percent tariff on all imports from Colombia, escalating trade tensions between the two countries, authorities said. The measure applies ...

WASHINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Iran and its allies have damaged at least 16 U.S. military sites across eight Middle Eastern countries during the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran starting on Feb. 28, ...

The Middle East crisis has generated far-reaching ripple effects well beyond the region, with growing consequences for global humanitarian supply chains and the delivery of aid, the United Nations ...

NEW YORK, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Any shippers paying tolls to Iran for passage through the Strait of Hormuz are at risk of punitive sanctions, the U.S. Department of Treasury warned on Friday.

On Feb. 28, Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and other Iranian cities, killing Iran's then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, senior commanders and civilians. Iran responded ...

Addressing the rally, Wang Wu-lang, secretary-general of the Labor Party, urged the authorities to stop neglecting labor issues and improve labor insurance and pension systems. He also called for the ...

BEIJING, May 1 (Xinhua) -- On a rooftop in Shenzhen, the tech hub in south China's Guangdong Province, 24-year-old Xue Haoran watched as drones carrying packages took off one after another, weaving ...

TEHRAN, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen members of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed and two others wounded on Friday due to a blast caused by an unexploded ordnance in the ...