LONDON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The British Armed Forces are “overstretched“ by the long-running operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report released on Monday. “The conflicts in Iraq a
VIENNA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The weekly average oil prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose to 86.32U.S. dollars per barrel last week, jumped 4.65 dollars from the prices
OTTAWA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- One of Canada's most profitable oil and gas companies, EnCana Corp., said Monday it will pay 2.55 billion Canadian dollars (2.73 billion U.S. dollars) to buy out a partner's
VIENNA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Serbia objects to the “14-point proposals“ on Kosovo's status drawn up by the Troika of the United States, Russia and the European Union, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Je
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Life remained absolutely calm in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad Monday and no untoward incident was reported in the wake of proclamation of the emergency order, accor
CAIRO, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chief of a Chinese car maker announced here on Monday that one more brand model of his company came into the Egyptian market for the first time as an important step forward f
BEIJING, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Executives of China's major edible oil manufacturers and guild leaders were summoned to Beijing on Monday for a closed door meeting at which the government required them to
Taxpayers believe the government should raise the current 1,600-yuan (215 U.S. dollars) monthly income tax threshold to improve social equality, a survey published Monday said.Conducted last week by t
MOSUL, Iraq, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Northern Iraq's Kurdish regional government (KRG) said Monday it has tightened its measures to isolate the separatist Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), a Kurdish source sai
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Monday, vowing to step up efforts to fight against Kurdish rebel