THE HAGUE, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The Dutch government is alarmed by Microsoft's controversial move of blocking the email account of Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of The Hague-headquarted International Cri ...

BRUSSELS, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Public services across Belgium ground to a halt on Tuesday as unions launched a 24-hour general strike to protest government austerity policies, causing widespread ...

GENEVA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- A spokesperson for the Chinese Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva on Tuesday urged the United States to end its politicization of COVID-19 origins tracing and ...

BRUSSELS, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) agreed on Tuesday to lift its economic sanctions on Syria, following a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers, EU High Representative for Foreign ...

BAGHDAD, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi Oil Ministry on Tuesday rejected recent energy contracts signed between Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and U.S. companies, calling them a clear ...

RUBAYA, DR Congo, May 20 (Xinhua) -- In the mist-veiled highlands of Masisi territory, a silent war for control over one of the world's most strategic minerals is raging. Rubaya, a remote town in the ...

OTTAWA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Canada's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.7 percent year over year in April, down from a 2.3 percent increase in March, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday. The slowdown in ...

Yang Zhenhai, a senior official of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), called for joint efforts to strengthen research on the protection and utilization of germplasm resources, ...

BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Kyung-wha Kang, president of the Asia Society, here on Tuesday.

Xinhua interviewed Hu Guang, director of the Emergency Response Division at China's National Disease Control and Prevention Administration (NDCPA), who was deeply involved in the drafting and ...

BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The 29th World Gas Conference (WGC2025) opened in Beijing on Tuesday, marking the first time in the event's nearly 100-year history that the conference is being held in ...

Over the years, the Security Council has sought to address a range of threats that undermine maritime security and global peace, including piracy, armed robbery, trafficking and organized crime as ...