An American national militant of Islamic State (IS) was killed Sunday during the ongoing battles at the predominantly Kurdish city of Kobane on the Syrian-Turkish borders, the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported.
The Islamic State (IS) militant group staged an explosion in the predominantly Kurdish city of Kobane on the Syrian-Turkish borders on Wednesday, causing unknown losses or casualties, according to the oppositional Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
With a spectacular glass floor, solar panels and modernized pavilions offering pristine panoramic view to handicapped visitors, first floor of France's iconic tower Tour Eiffel appeared with a fresh look to its millions of fans.
Six people were confirmed dead and 33 others injured after an explosion at a firework plant in central China's Hunan Province on Monday, local authorities said.
Northeast China's Liaoning Province will hold a grand ceremony on Sept. 18 to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the "9.18 Incident," or "Mukden Incident," which marks the beginning of the 14-year war against Japanese aggression.
Flood-hit people in Indian- controlled Kashmir turned their frustration to anger over the slow pace of relief work, and some of them pelted stones at a truck of Indian army who were supposed to come to help them, said media reports Wednesday.
The Economist magazine this week named Vancouver as the world' s third most liveable city, only after Australia's Melbourne and Austria's Vienna.
The River Nile banks in downtown Cairo, the most popular destination for taking a walk in Egypt, have fallen into darkness like most of the country's cities and neighborhoods as a result of the ongoing recurrent power outages.
One of New Zealand's most enduring sister city relationships with China is set to boost bilateral trade links with major business support, says a New Zealand official.
Archaeologists digging an ancient Hellenistic city in Cyprus have come upon a family tragedy 24 centuries ago, the Cypriot Department of Antiquities announced on Thursday.
Chinese investors are showing a growing interest in the Mediterranean city of Barcelona, located in the northeast of Spain, the newspaper La Vanguardia reported on Wednesday.
Xu Shuping, a migrant worker in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, says he longer minds being called a "farmer," as China's drive toward better social welfare for new urbanites like him picks up pace.
Brazil's city of Rio de Janeiro earned some 2 billion U.S. dollars in tourism revenue thanks to the 2014 Brazil World Cup, local tourism authorities announced Tuesday.
Ukrainian troops hoisted their national flag over four more eastern cities, except for the insurgents' main stronghold Slavyansk, Ukrainian senior officials said Sunday.
Cairo, the overcrowded capital city of the most populous Arab country Egypt, will be cleaner and more orderly within two months, Cairo governor Galal al-Saeed told Xinhua in an exclusive interview, speaking of a massive campaign to clean the capital city, reduce traffic congestion, eliminate slums and restore order after three years of political turmoil.
Shanghai, with its curious fusion of a futuristic skyline and oriental culture, is becoming an increasingly popular location for shooting science-fiction blockbusters.
Morning and night markets in Urumqi, capital city of far west China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, have been shut down because of the threat of terrorism, local authorities announced on Monday.
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