KABUL, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The construction of 161 development projects has begun in eastern Afghanistan's Laghman province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Saturday. The projects, ...

The rise of the euro coincides with a slumping U.S. dollar. On a trade-weighted basis, the dollar lost nearly two percent of its value and it was one of the largest single-day declines for the ...

"It clearly will make the debt/deficit worse than the baseline," Dean Baker, a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, told Xinhua. "With the budget bill, we are likely at ...

NEW DELHI, April 12 (Xinhua) -- At least five people died and six others were injured in a blast that took place inside a factory in India's northwest state of Maharashtra, local police confirmed on ...

Chinese importers have positively reviewed the quality and output of Zimbabwean avocados and are committed to helping local farmers tap into the Chinese market, a Chinese trade specialist has said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov met on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine conflict and the safety of navigation in the Black Sea. The two ministers met in ...

BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Jin Xiangjun, governor of north China's Shanxi Province, is under investigation for suspected severe violations of discipline and law.

KABUL, April 12 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out at a cardboard manufacturing plant in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Friday evening, causing over 10 million U.S. dollars in damage, a provincial ...

The principles of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness in China's neighborhood diplomacy have gained strong popularity in Central Asian countries, Serik Korzhumbayev, editor-in-chief of ...

NEW DELHI, April 12 (Xinhua) -- At least three Naxals were killed Saturday in a fierce gunfight in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said.

GOMA, DR Congo, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Intense gunfire and artillery fire shook the western neighborhoods of Goma overnight from Friday to Saturday, plunging the city in the eastern Democratic Republic ...

ISTANBUL, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Turkish police have arrested the leader of a criminal organization who was wanted with a Red Notice issued by Italian judicial authorities, Interior Minister Ali ...