TEHRAN, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday the country backs any government supported by the Syrian people. He made the remarks at a weekly press ...

BRUSSELS, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Belgium's new government was sworn in on Monday, ending months of a political deadlock over forming a stable coalition government. Bart De Wever, leader of the Flemish ...

COLOMBO, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's navy seized an Indian fishing boat and apprehended 10 Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, the navy said in a statement on Monday.

HANOI, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's industrial real estate sector is expected to experience robust growth in 2025, driven by domestic economic growth factors such as foreign direct investment (FDI), ...

HARBIN, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- With 120 torchbearers participating, the torch relay for the 9th Asian Winter Games was held Monday in Harbin. The 11-kilometer relay route covered several landmarks in the ...

MANILA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel declared a food security emergency on rice on Monday to stabilize the "extraordinary" rice prices in the country.

Spring Festival is the largest and most important festival in China. It is the first day of the lunar calendar, heralding the beginning of spring, thus it is known as Spring Festival. ( More ) Real ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Equitable economic development is a responsibility that the government must deliver to the people, Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar said on Monday.

DHAKA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- With great enthusiasm, the Hindu community in Bangladesh on Monday celebrated the Saraswati Puja Festival by worshipping Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of knowledge, wisdom, ...

Editor's note: The Chinese zodiac, or "shengxiao," consists of 12 animal signs that mark the years. Each animal represents ...

MINSK, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Belarusian Central Election Commission on Monday officially declared Alexander Lukashenko's victory in the latest presidential elections with 86.82 percent of the votes.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The seasonally adjusted S&P Global Malaysia Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was little-changed in January, rising from 48.6 in December 2024 to 48.7 to ...