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The Latest: Animal rights protesters disrupt Burberry show

TheLatestonLondonFashionWeek(alltimeslocal):7p.m.GuestsattendingBurberry’scatwalkshowatLondonFashionWeekhavefoundtheirusualredcarpetwelcomereplacedbyhecklingpro

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Brazilian President Michel Temer arrives in Xiamen for BRICS Summit

BrazilianPresidentMichelTemerarrivedinXiamenonSundaytoattendtheBRICSSummit,whichwillbeheldinthecoastalChinesecityfromSeptember3to5.LeadersfromthefiveBRICSmember

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China, Indonesia hold high-level economic dialogue in Beijing

ChinaandIndonesiaheldthethirdmeetingoftheirannualHigh-levelEconomicDialogueinBeijingonTuesday.Theevent,launchedin2015,wasco-chairedthisyearbyChineseStateCouncil

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Chinese wingsuiter bags world record after hitting moving target

ZhangShupenghasmadehistoryafterbecomingthefirstwingsuitfliertohitamovingtargetduringflight.The32-year-oldachievedthefeatincentralChina'sHunanProvinceonThursdaya

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New Zealand athletes marvel in Indonesia’s Bintan IRONMAN 70.3 champions

ByAPDWriterMaverickJAKARTA,Aug.21(APD)–TwoNewZealandathletesMikePhilipsandAmeliaWatkinsonwonIRONMAN70.3triathlonchampionshipformenandwomencategoriesintheeventhe

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US, Japan hold joint military drill amid tensions on Korean Peninsula

TheUSandJapanheldajointmilitarydrillonthenorthernJapaneseislandofHokkaidoonMondayamidrisingtensionsontheKoreanPeninsulaasawarofwordsacceleratedbetweentheDemocra

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China, Russia to maintain close communications on Korean Peninsula issue

China and Russia vowed on Sunday to maintain close communications with each other on the Korean Peninsula issue, saying the two countries hold highly consistent attitudes toward it.

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Euro-Asia Economic Forum to be held in Xi'an

TheseventhEuro-AsiaEconomicForumwillbeheldinXi'an,Shaanxiprovince,inSeptember.Initsthree-dayschedulestartingonSeptember21,over40meetingswillbeheldontopicssuchas

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India's vice presidential elections to be held on Aug. 5

India's vice presidential elections will he held on Aug. 5, the country's independent Election Commission announced Thursday.

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Vietnam to hold largest-ever "Miss Teen Vietnam" teenager pageant

After a five-year break, "Miss Teen Vietnam" will return to the largest scale ever, featuring Vietnam's talented and beautiful teenagers, according to the organizer on Tuesday.

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Pakistan hosts its first ever pro-wrestling competitions

ISLAMABAD,May18(APD)--PakistanonWednesdaynighthelditsfirsteverheavyweightprofessionalwrestlingcompetitionswiththeparticipationof25internationalwrestlersfrom20di

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China holds first disabilities winter-sports festival

​China held the first winter-sports festival for the disabled people over the weekend, with more than 300 people hitting the slopes in Yanqing near Beijing.

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50,000 have fled east Aleppo as army advances: Monitor

More than 50,000 people have fled rebel-held east Aleppo in the last four days as government forces advance, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday (Nov 30).

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Syria forces retake 6 Aleppo rebel areas, civilians flee

Government forces have retaken a third of rebel-held territory in Aleppo, forcing nearly 10,000 civilians to flee as they pressed their offensive to retake Syria's second city.

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Thousands uprooted in east Aleppo as Syrian army advances

Several thousand residents of rebel-held eastern Aleppo fled shifting frontlines, residents and a monitor said on Sunday, after a rapid advance by the Syrian army and allied forces that rebels fear could split their most important urban stronghold in two.

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Civilians flee to southern Aleppo as regime advances

Syrian pro-government forces have pushed deeper into rebel-held eastern Aleppo, forcing civilians to flee to southern neighbourhoods to escape the onslaught as the regime pressed an assault to recapture the entire city.

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Air strikes pound rebel-held east Aleppo after weeks-long pause

Intense air strikes resumed in rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo after a weeks-long pause on Tuesday, killing at least three people, residents and a war monitor said.