Five explosions hit government-controlled areas and a city held by a Kurdish militia in Syria on Monday morning, killing several people, state media and a monitor said.
Pakistan's lawyers boycotted courts and staged protests nationwide Tuesday after a horrific suicide bombing at a Quetta hospital which killed 72 people including many of their colleagues.
Hangzhou resident Yang Chizhen does not speak a word of English, but has decided to spend the next month picking up some simple English phrases.
Strong gales and heavy rains batter city and cause flight chaos, with 114 trees blown over
This followed a record US$1.92 billion in fines for HSBC in December in 2012, to settle charges of allowing itself to laundering money and finance terrorism by US authorities.
Interim Brazilian President Michel Temer inaugurated a much-anticipated subway line in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, just days before the opening of the Olympics in the city.
At least 16 people were killed on Saturday morning after a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed near Lockhart, a city in the central part of the U.S. state of Texas.
On the 40th anniversary of the Tangshan earthquake, President Xi Jinping said the country's disaster prevention, reduction and relief capabilities should be improved.
At least eight people were injured when a bomb went off near a convoy of security forces in Pakistans southwest Quetta city on Wednesday night, local Urdu media and officials said.
An exhibition of traditional Chinese paintings was unveiled in Berlin, Germany, on July 13.The event features 45 works created by 11 artists from Suzhou, Jiangsu province.
Famous for the discovery of oracle bones and script, the Yinxu site, or Yin Ruins, in today's Henan Province are once again in the spotlight with the excavation of a complete canal system in the ancient capital.
Britain's biggest ever art installation project saw 3,200 naked people converge on the English port city of Hull Saturday.
Dike patrolman Shao Wentao, 34, has been bowed down with anxiety in recent days.
A typhoon forecast to hit China's eastern coast has forced the evacuation of more than 30,000 people and suspended trains and flights.
Land reclamation in Wuhan for construction worsened floods, say locals
In the Beijing of 2020, downtown residents won't need to walk more than ten minutes to reach a subway station and pedestrians will breathe in less car exhaust thanks to green vehicles.
China wrestles with the dual challenges of water scarcity and urban flooding -- problems that have been magnified by this summer's heavy rainfall.
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