LILLEHAMMER, Norway, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 Norwegian Festival of Literature, the largest literary festival in the Nordic region, concluded on Sunday after a week of vibrant events that drew tens ...

PARIS, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), to be held in Nice, France, from June 9 to 13, 2025, will center on three core objectives: conserving marine biodiversity, ...

TEHRAN, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, on Saturday condemned the recent U.S. decision to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) judges, calling it a "new ...

A contestant from China attends a roadshow during the final of the 4th SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Member States ...

A farmer dries harvested rice in Moqiao Village of Qiongshan District of Haikou City, south China's Hainan Province, June 7, ...

TEHRAN, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Sunday a recent U.S. proposal for a nuclear deal with Tehran was "contradictory and insincere" because it did not ...

MANILA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos led a ceremonial lighting of the Jones Bridge here on Saturday evening to celebrate ...

KABUL, June 8 (Xinhua) -- A massive fire broke out at a second-hand clothing market in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday morning, local media outlet Ariana News reported.

Other senior commanders killed during the operation were identified as Caddaw, who was responsible for what the extremist group refers to as "intelligence tracking" in the Galgaduud region, and ...

"Those who say everything is fine speak only from their own comfort," said Abu Khaled Khattab, a souvenir vendor in Damascus's al-Midan district. Sipping tea, he reflected that a "good situation" ...

JAKARTA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shuttlers Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning won gold in the women's doubles on Sunday at the 2025 Indonesia Open, while Wang Zhiyi claimed silver in the women's singles.

Israel has imposed a strict blockade on the Gaza Strip since 2007, when the Islamist group Hamas took control of the territory. The measures were significantly tightened after Hamas' deadly assault on ...