LONDON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Britain has signed an agreement with Iraq to strengthen migration cooperation, according to a statement issued by the British government on Wednesday.

JAKARTA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Bank Indonesia expected the country's economy to expand 5.1 percent in 2025, up from 5.03 percent last year, supported by consumption, exports and government spending, ...

"South Korea has an ulterior motive to finally shift the responsibility for the DPRK-ROK relations failing to recover onto the DPRK," the senior official said, adding that "the ROK cannot be a ...

A child poses for photos at a floral installation in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 19, 2025. The ...

CAIRO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday held a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the Gaza war, with both leaders pledging closer ...

DAMASCUS, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Syrian authorities said on Wednesday that all humanitarian aid must enter the country through Damascus-approved channels, rejecting calls to establish alternative ...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn on Wednesday asked Enrico Gaveglia, newly appointed resident representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to ...

An international team of scientists has identified a new type of supernova that provides a rare look inside massive stars, Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science said on Wednesday. The study, ...

HELSINKI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, on Wednesday kept its policy rate unchanged at 2 percent, citing above-target inflation and weak economic activity, but signaled a ...

HONG KONG, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) on Wednesday posted its revenue and other income for the first half of the year reaching 14.076 billion HK dollars, ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday that inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) could return to Iran with approval from the ...

BEIRUT, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese army said on Wednesday it has arrested three Palestinians at the entrance to the southern city of Saida in a security operation targeting militant groups.