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...
China yesterday set up the China United Coalbed Methane National Engineering Research Center in a move to boost the coalbed methane (CBM) industry.With a registered capital of 76 million yuan, the cen...
China is among the top 10 performers in regulatory reforms in business environment this year, as it was last year, the International Finance Corp (IFC) of the World Bank Group said yesterday.China was...
BEIJING, Sept. 27 -- A total of 200,000 tons of edible oil reserves will be auctioned to curb price hikes during the week-long National Day holidays, officials have announced. The move is the latest e...
BEIJING, Sept. 27 -- Several United States carriers have won permission by the U.S. Department of Transportation to start new flights to China after the two countries signed an agreement to open up th...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is sending special envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Myanmar amid reports of political turmoil in the Southeast Asian country, said a UN st...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military is building a base “within shouting distance“ of Iran in the border areas of Iraq, ABC News reported Wednesday. U.S. officials described the move...