A light projection is presented during a media preview of the Light to Night Singapore held in Singapore's Civic District on Jan. 7, 2026. The festival will run until Jan. 31. (Photo by Then Chih ...

Home decorations are displayed during Mirzaamiyat Ramadan 2026 in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait, Jan. 8, 2026. The annual event ...

Palestinians receive their food rations through the World Food Programme from one of its distribution centers in Gaza City, ...

HANOI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam aims to have five state-owned enterprises ranked among the 500 largest companies in the world by 2045, the government portal reported Friday. The target is set out in ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian army on Thursday launched heavy shelling against positions of the Kurdish-led Syrian ...

Elephants are pictured at the Amboseli National Park in Kenya, Jan. 8, 2026. Amboseli National Park is one of Kenya's premier ...

People take part in a protest opposing U.S. attack on Venezuela in front of the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Jan.

HANOI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam shipped more than 247,400 tons of pepper abroad for 1.66 billion U.S. dollars in 2025, a record for the sector, local daily Dan Tri reported Friday.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested he would allow the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia to expire and instead pursue ...

TOKYO, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's real household spending rose 2.9 percent in November 2025 from a year earlier, marking the first increase in two months, as outlays on food increased despite higher ...

PYONGYANG, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has said he will unconditionally respect and support all policies and decisions of Russian ...

China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went down 1.9 percent year on year in December, narrowing by 0.3 percentage points compared to the previous ...