The Knesset approved by 71 votes to 23 an agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the opposition Kadima party to form Israel's seventh national unity government. The move puts Netanyahu at the helm of one of Israel's largest ruling coali …

The controversy over a tiny island  in the South China Sea has intensified, making it the most serious standoff between China and the Philippines in the sea in recent years. In early April, the Philippines sent a warship to harass 12  Chinese fishing ve …

UNITED NATIONS, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has estimated that a large number of children are suffering from severe malnutrition in Yemen, a UN spokesman told reporters here on Wednesday. "An estim …

by Huang Xingwei QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand, May 9 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand highly values the Chinese tourism markets which are expecting to become New Zealand's second largest market by visitor arrivals in 2014 and by expenditure in 2013, overtaking Britai …

by Huang Xingwei QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand, May 9 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand highly values the Chinese tourism markets which are expecting to become New Zealand's second largest market by visitor arrivals in 2014 and by expenditure in 2013, overtaking Britai …

WASHINGTON OAKLEY FIVES SQUARED SUNGLASSES, May 7 (Xinhua) -- UN chief Ban Ki-moon said here on Monday that the priority for the moment is to deploy observers to Syria as soon as possible. Ban called the Arab nation "the hottest spot, the hottest issue a …

JINAN, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Reports of formaldehyde-tainted Chinese cabbage in east China's Shandong province, the country's largest vegetable production base, have exposed some clandestine market practices and triggered a new wave of food safety concerns. …

JINAN, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Reports of formaldehyde-tainted Chinese cabbage in east China's Shandong province, the country's largest vegetable production base, have exposed some clandestine market practices and triggered a new wave of food safety concerns. …

In an attempt to protect medical workers from violent attacks from the public, police officers will be stationed at major hospitals in Beijing. In an attempt to protect medical workers from violent attacks from the public, police officers will be station …

  New research suggests that a partial duplication of a gene played a significant role in a major advance in human brain evolution that occurred a few million years ago. The SRGAP2 gene has been duplicated at least twice during human evolution OAKLEY CLA …