BEIJING, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The Tianhe-2 supercomputer, developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, remains the world's most powerful computer, according to a biannual Top500 list of supercomputers. Tianhe-2, which means "Milky ...

JERUSALEM, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The three Israeli teens who have been missing since Thursday evening were kidnapped in the West Bank territories by a terrorist organization, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in a public statement on ...

CHICAGO, May 20 (Xinhua) -- General Motors Co. (GM) announced Tuesday to recall an additional 2.42 million vehicles in four separate recalls in U.S., bringing its yearly recall total to 15.2 million units worldwide. Affected vehicles include 2009-2014 Buick ...

SYDNEY, April 25 (Xinhua) -- A drunk passenger tried to enter the cockpit of a flight from Brisbane to Denpasar, Indonesia, and the situation is not "hijacking," Virgin Australia confirmed on its official Twitter and Facebook pages on Friday. Indonesia's local ...

DAMASCUS, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A string of car bombings have recently rocked pro-government districts of the country's central province of Homs, amid a crushing offensive the Syrian government troops have unleashed against a few remaining rebel-held ...

BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Friday expressed condolences over the death of Nobel Prize-winning Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Garcia Marquez passed away Thursday in his home in Mexico City at ...

PRETORIA, South Africa, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The trial of murder-accused Paralympian Oscar Pistorius continued at the Pretoria High Court on Thursday with defence witness Roger Dixon, a qualified geologist still under cross examination, just before the trial ...

RAMALLAH, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians "are waiting for an Israeli answer on whether Israel wants to resume the peace talks or not," Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Reyad al-Malki told "Voice of Palestine" Radio on Thursday. The nine-month ...

RAMALLAH/GAZA, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Severing ties and coordination between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) will deepen differences between the two sides and may lead to a complete collapse of the Middle East peace process, officials ...

BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Millions of people around the world have switched off their lights momentarily to mark the yearly "Earth Hour" campaign organised by the World Wildlife Fund. At 8:30 pm local time in Singapore, a man dressed in a Spiderman ...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington recovered two more bodies on Tuesday, bringing the confirmed death toll from Saturday's landslide to 16. Meanwhile, some reports said rescuers are believed to ...

LONDON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Around seven million people across the world died as a result of air pollution exposure in 2012, according to a report of World Health Organization(WHO) released on Tuesday. The report said the seven million deaths, one in ...

KAMPALA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in the weekend boat accident in western Uganda has risen to 108 from 19 that were reported on Saturday. David Kazungu, Commissioner for Refugees in the ministry of relief, disaster preparedness and ...

PERTH, Australia, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The suspicious objects spotted on satellite in the southern Indian Ocean remain "the best lead" in the massive search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australia's acting prime minister said here Saturday.

ISTANBUL, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Students in many schools and universities in Istanbul, Ankara, Eskisehir, Antalya and other cities in Turkey boycotted lectures on Tuesday after the death of 15-year-old student Berkin Elvan, who had been in coma for 9 ...

BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- China worked with Russia, Denmark, Norway on the fourth shipment of Syria's chemical weapons, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said here Thursday. "Chinese frigate Yancheng worked with naval vessels from Russia, ...

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday ended the reunion of families separated by the Korean War, held first in more than three years in the DPRK's Mount Kumgang resort. Hundreds of ...

.... • A carbomb explosion followed by heavy gunfire hit near the northern gate of the presidential palace. • Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaida, has claimed responsibility for the attack. MOGADISHU, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Somali Minister for National ...

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Friday welcomed the resumption of negotiations between the government of Sudan and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), calling on the two parties to cease ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius expressed deep regret Friday for killing his girlfriend, one year after he allegedly shot her dead at his Pretoria home. "No words can adequately capture my feelings about the ...