Settlement expansion is seen as a significant obstacle to peace talks. Israel occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the Six-Day War of 1967 and has since built settlements widely deemed illegal ...

KATHMANDU, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A symposium was held here on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the ...

In July, power consumed by the primary and secondary industries rose 20.2 percent and 4.7 percent year on year to 17 billion kilowatt-hours and 593.6 billion kilowatt-hours, respectively, and power ...

Every year in mid-August, fishermen across Guangdong celebrate the end of the three-and-a-half-month summer fishing moratorium. With the ban lifted, they head out into the South China Sea to begin a ...

BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- China stands ready to work with regional countries to build a maritime community with a shared future in the South China Sea, according to a think tank report issued early ...

NANNING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- An explosion at a company workshop in the southern Chinese city of Guilin in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region killed one person and injured seven others on Thursday, local ...

A Dugong has been sighted in the central South China Sea for the first time in three decades. The Dugong is one of the oldest marine mammal species on Earth. #Dugong #MarineLife #SouthChinaSea ...

Noting that the South China Sea is a crucial international maritime corridor, the report highlights that the freedom of navigation and overflight in this region, as guaranteed under international law, ...

BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- In recent years, external forces led by the United States have leveraged the South China Sea issue as a means to contain China, instigating claimant states to provoke ...

TOKYO, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The average price of newly built condominiums released in July across Tokyo and the surrounding three prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba reached 100.75 million yen ...

HANOI, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday called for heightened measures to ensure order and security during the 80th National Day holiday, which will run from ...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a petition by several Republican lawmakers seeking to block Governor Gavin Newsom's plan to redraw U.S. House ...