KABUL, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police captured a main Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi in the southern Helmand province, Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “In an operation
Basketball superstar Yao Ming is worried that China's recent shaky performances will cost it its lofty ambitions at next year's Beijing Olympic Games.Chinese NBA star Yao Ming (R) shake hands with 18
BANGKOK: China's Mu Shuangshuang on Wednesday broke a world record for the total lifted in the women's 75kg category at the world weightlifting championships in Chiang Mai on Wednesday.Mu Shuangshuang
New home sales in the United States dropped by 8.3 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 795,000 units, the lowest level in seven years, the Commerce Department said Thursday.The r
The Italian banks Unicredit and Capitalia will become operative starting Oct. 1, according to Italian News Agency ANSA.The papers creating the merger, which will see Capitalia incorporated into Unicre
Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- More than 19,000 militants have been killed in Iraq since the insurgency there began more than four years ago, according to
Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq ANKARA, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Interior Ministry Undersecretary Aydin Khalid said Thursday that Turkey and Iraq will sign an agreement to combat terrorism
In an unprecedented move, 20 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Shenzhen have proposed to jointly raise a total of 1.03 billion yuan in a bond issue.“Twenty SMEs in Shenzhen are expected t
BAGHDAD, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two car bombs went off simultaneously on Wednesday in Baghdad, killing at least 32 people and leaving 28 others injured, police said.The explosions took place at a market
GAZA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Eight Palestinians were killed and six wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a militants car in southern Gaza and in an artillery shelling on the northern Gaza Strip town of Be