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Three dead as a soldier opens fire at Russian military base

At least three were killed and one person injured when a military service member attacked fellow soldiers at a military base in Russian city of Voronezh, RT reported.Media reports said a service memb

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Kyrgyzstan sets to elect new president on Jan. 10

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Kyrgyzstan decided on Saturday that early presidential elections will be held on January 10, 2021.President of Kyrgyzstan Sooro

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Armenian president to discuss Nagorno-Karabakh with EU, NATO

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has left for Brussels to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with NATO and European Union officials, his office said on Wednesday.

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Trump returns to White House after three-night COVID-19 treatment

U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House after departing from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he spent three nights being treated for

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New York City to close schools, businesses in areas hit by Covid-19

FILE PHOTO: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a past press conference. /Getty Images Non-essential businesses and public and private schools in nine areas in New York are to be clos

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Sudanese Government Ratifies Final Peace Deal With Rebel Groups

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy chairman of Sudan's ruling Sovereignty Council, on behalf of the Sudanese government ratified on Saturday the comprehensive peace agre

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Trump, Biden meet for first Presidential debate

02:42 The first of three​U.S.presidentialdebateswill take place Tuesday evening in Cleveland, Ohio.President Trump and his opponent Joe Biden will debate six key issues on live TV, ove

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'Beta' storm hits Texas in busy U.S. hurricane season

01:28 Houston and other parts to Texas are preparing for extensive flooding as the storm known as Beta swirls over the region.Beta weakened to a tropical depression Tuesday.Forecasters

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COVID-19 brings early retirement wave

02:41 The coronavirus pandemic has led to big shifts in the way people do their jobs. It's also prompted a wave of early retirements.Since March,analysis showsnearly three million work

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COVID-19: India jumps Brazil as the second worst-hit country

India on Monday surpassed Brazil as the second worst-hit country by COVID-19, with the caseload reaching 4,204,613.The death toll in the country stands at 71,642.The Chinese Embassy in India on Sunda

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India becomes third country to hit 4 million COVID-19 infections

00:31 India has become the third country in the world to pass four million coronavirus infections. It set a new record daily surge over 86,000 in cases on Saturday as the crisis shows

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South Korea reports lowest daily tally in three weeks

00:33 South Korea has reported 168 new coronavirus cases, the lowest daily tally in three weeks. It comes after the country tightened social distancing rules to blunt a second wave of

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Opera film 'Simon Boccanegra' to be screened in Beijing

The Chinese-produced opera film Simon Boccanegra will be shown at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) on Sept. 6 in Beijing.Simon Boccanegra, an opera with a prologue and three acts, wa

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Lebanese judge arrests 3 additional suspects over Beirut's explosions

BEIRUT, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese judicial authorities arrested on Tuesday three additional suspects over the explosions of Beirut's port, making the total number of arrested people over this case

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15 injured, many trapped by building collapse in southwest India

At least 15 people were injured and around 70 are feared to be trapped under debris after a multi-story building in Maharashtra's Raigad district collapsed, local media reported on Monday.Three Natio

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Beijing reports no new COVID-19 cases

Yang Shuqin (front) teaches senior people Taiji fan at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Meng Tao)BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua)

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Chinese mainland reports 22 new imported COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland reported 22 new imported COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,368, the National Health Commission said Friday