BUDAPEST, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Budapest Declaration on the New European Competitiveness Deal was adopted Friday at an informal European Council meeting in Budapest, outlining a strategic framework ...

SOFIA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has launched an investigation into alleged election irregularities in 52 polling stations from the Oct. 27 parliamentary elections, following ...

A Chinese firm on Thursday officially commissioned its state-of-the art steel manufacturing plant in Zambia, which is believed to be able to advance local production of steel products in the southern ...

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Department of Education in Gauteng Province, South Africa, on Friday issued a notice to suspend the sales of food at schools following a recent rise in food ...

BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers on Friday voted to adopt the preschool education law to protect the legitimate rights and interests of preschool children. Consisting of 85 articles in ...

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema announced on Friday a series of heightened security measures in the Dutch capital for Friday and the weekend, following violent incidents on Thursday night. At a press ...

BEIRUT, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Friday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed part of a fence and a concrete structure in a UNIFIL ...

SANAA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group said Friday that it has launched a "ballistic missile" toward Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, and has shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over ...

JUBA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan's Transitional Government of National Unity and holdout opposition groups will resume peace talks in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, Monday, chief mediator announced ...

JERUSALEM, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to appoint Yechiel Leiter as Israel's ambassador to the United States, according to a statement issued by ...

GABORONE, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Multitudes of people thronged the National Stadium in Gaborone, Botswana's capital city, on Friday to witness the inauguration of Duma Boko as the southern African country ...

RIYADH, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- China's Paris Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen advanced to the final of the WTA Finals after defeating the Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 7-5 in the semifinal ...