NIAMEY, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 21 people were killed and 37 others injured in a collision between two passenger buses on Friday in western Niger, the Niger News Agency (ANP) reported Saturday.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed when a helicopter crashed while supporting firefighting efforts on a massive wildfire in central Utah, authorities confirmed Saturday, as crews ...

Tourists visit Peitian Village in Xuanhe Town, Liancheng County, Longyan City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 5, ...

The date palm, known as the "bread of the desert," is an important economic crop native to the Middle East and North Africa.

Workers are seen at a glass factory in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 8, 2026. The city is driving the ...

Devotees are seen during rituals marking the Hindu holy month of Shrawan in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 8, 2026. (Photo by Sulav ...

Staff members measure water level on the dock of a port company in Tongjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...