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Murdered Afghan journalist laid to rest amid tears

​"Oh, Zabi, you have gone forever and left us alone here," said a crying mourner in the graveyard Shuhada-e-Salehen in the eastern edge of Kabul city Tuesday afternoon.

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Xinhua wants better cooperation with Egypt's SIS to boost China-Egypt strategic partnership

Vice President of China's Xinhua News Agency Long Xinnan said here Tuesday Xinhua is willing to step up cooperation with Egypt's State Information Service (SIS) so as to boost bilateral strategic partnership between the two countries.

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Xinhua President vows to strengthen cooperation with UN agencies

Xinhua News Agency President Cai Mingzhao on Thursday pledged to strengthen the news organization's cooperation with United Nations (UN) agencies so as to report on UN events in a more constructive and effective way.

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China Focus: President Xi's media tour draws positive feedback from reporters, journalism academia

During a tour to the People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television and at a symposium afterwards, Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, urged the news outlets to follow the Party's leadership and focus on "positive reporting."

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21 arrested as Ezubao allegedly absorbed $7.6b

Ezubao, an online financing platform, has allegedly absorbed about 50 billion yuan ($7.6 billion) in funds, with about 900,000 investors involved, the Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday.

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32 killed, 80 injured in Nigeria's explosion

​As many as 32 people were killed and 80 injured on Tuesday in a bomb explosion that hit a motor park in Yola, the Adamawa State capital in north east Nigeria.

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Explosions kill 7, injure dozens

Seven people were killed and two were missing on Wednesday after 17 suspected package bombs exploded in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Xinhua News Agency reported, with blasts reported in more than a dozen locations, including government offices.

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China creates information bank serving Belt and Road

China has debuted a package of information services that could become a key information bank helping progress the Belt and Road Initiative.

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Xinhua rolls out information products to facilitate Belt and Road trade, investment

China's Xinhua News Agency launched a new line of information products in a bid to help global investors form better partnerships along the Belt and Road Initiative on Thursday.

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13 killed in DR Congo by members of Ugandan ADF rebels

​Thirteen people were killed early Tuesday morning by members of Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a civil society source told Xinhua.

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China immune to side effects of ECB's QE?

​Quantitative Easing (QE) program by the eurozone is unlikely to impact directly on China through financial markets, but it may affect China's monetary policy-making and have an indirect negative impact on China's real economy in turn, experts have said.

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Car bombing hits coalition forces base in S. Afghanistan

Casualties were feared as a car bombing went off Monday morning close to a NATO- led coalition military base in Zharay district of southern Afghan province of Kandahar

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Xinhua launches multimedia reportage on China's reforms

China's Xinhua News Agency debuted its latest multimedia reportage project, "New Reform in China," on its online portal www.xinhuanet.com on Thursday, in the run-up to a key meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

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Japan to announce Fukushima alert level upgrades at 4:00 p.m.

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority will announce the upgrading of toxic water leak severity at the Fukushima plant to level 3 at 4:00 p.m. local time, the public affairs division of the organization told Xinhua.

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Egypt's ousted president did not make mistake: Morsi's brother

Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Morsi did not make a mistake, brother of Morsi, Saeed Mohamed Morsi, told Xinhua on Thursday in an exclusive interview.

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Detained Chinese fishermen in DPRK released: official

A Chinese private fishing boat seized by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) side was released early Tuesday, a Chinese consular officer to the DPRK told Xinhua.

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19 tourists killed in balloon explosion in Egypt, 9 from Hong Kong

The death toll of Egypt's Luxor balloon accident rose to 19 Tuesday afternoon after a seriously- wounded English tourist died at Luxor International Hospital, Mohamed Sultan, head of Egypt's Ambulance Authority, confirmed to Xinhua.