TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon met with Iranian officials on Sunday and both sides vowed to broaden their cooperation and ties, the official IRNA news
JERUSALEM, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Israel allowed around 900 Gaza pilgrims to travel through Israeli territory to the Islamic holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, local media reported Sunday.Israeli offici
BEIJING, Dec. 15 -- China's Ministry of Labor and Social Security announced Friday that pension fund for retirees of enterprises will be increased starting Jan. 1 next year, reported the Beijing News.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- The dollar rose against most major currencies on Friday after a report showing higher inflation trimmed expectations of aggressive rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The
Shanghai is expected to adopt a new car-plate action system early next year, a city spokesman has said, according to Eastday.com Thursday.The municipal government is now working on the new monthly auc
A poster of Lust Caution features Tony Leung (L) and Tang Wei.Related: Romance Film “Atonement“ Tops Golden GlobesThe Chinese-language “Lust, Caution“ was nominated for Best Foreign Language f
Special Report: Fight against Global Warming BRUSSELS, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) on Saturday hailed the achievement of the Bali climate conference and called for joint efforts by dev
Turkish F16 jet fighters fly in formation in Istanbul in this Oct. 29, 2007 file picture. Five members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were killed when Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish re
A plane of Air New Zealand. Tapping the burgeoning Chinese tourist market, and strong interest by New Zealanders in the Olympic Games in Beijing next year, it will start flying to Beijing
BEIJING,Dec. 16-- The negotiated price of electricity coal in China has seen an increase of around 10 percent at a meeting that brought together coal producers and power generation plants to settle on