Brushes dipped in black ink moved across paper as around 200 people gathered at the China Cultural Center in Yangon on Saturday to celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on September 25 this year.The festive event offered participants an immersive experience of traditional Chinese

About 1.2 million Zambians could face acute food insecurity from October this year to March next year due to an El Nino-induced drought, a senior government official said Friday.Announcing the latest seasonal rainfall outlook in Lusaka, the country's capital, Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa

City view of New Delhi, India

Iraqi security authorities said Saturday that they have initiated administrative and security reorganization operations at several border crossings, which necessitate their closure, to investigate security breaches.Necessary legal measures have been taken, and intelligence, investigative and audit

At least four commuters died and six others sustained injuries when two vehicles collided in northern Afghanistan's Balkh province on Friday, the provincial police office said in a statement.The crash took place after a truck struck an oncoming high-speed vehicle on the Hairatan dual carriageway,

Rwanda launched its first steel manufacturing plant Friday, set to boost the country's production of local products and reduce steel imports.Rwandan Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva inaugurated the A1 Iron and Steel Rwanda Ltd. in the industrial park in Musanze District, northern Rwanda.In his

National Park Service officials expect to restore a reliable water supply in the Grand Canyon in weeks — not months — as the deadly flash flood didn’t damage most of a near-complete pipeline project, they said Tuesday.Officials said that they were just over a month away from completing a major

For centuries, French and Italian mountain communities on the flanks of Western Europe's highest peak have gazed upon seemingly eternal glaciers and snow that gave the colossus its name: Mont Blanc, the white mountain.But climate warming is dismantling the picture at alarming speed.Europe's record

Calls are growing louder in Europe for action against "pervert" smart glasses after secretly filmed footage of girls and women appeared online -- with a petition in Britain demanding a ban on their sale.Anyone wearing smart glasses can take photos, film videos, listen to music, make phone calls,

The 35th Chinese medical team in Tanzania's Zanzibar on Friday completed a nine-month laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery training course aimed at strengthening local capacity to provide advanced surgical services, with 13 local doctors successfully trained.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for greater investment in manufacturing and value addition within BRICS, saying the expanded grouping provides an opportunity for the Global South to build a more resilient, diversified and inclusive economic future.Ramaphosa made the remarks on Friday

The 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) is being held at Shougang Park in Beijing. The park is the permanent venue of the event and this year, it's making its debut as the brand new "Convention and Exhibition Town," where century-old industrial heritage meets modern

A Chinese envoy on Friday called for solidarity and cooperation in the international community to fight terrorism.The terrorist attacks in the United States 25 years ago dealt a massive blow to the global security landscape. Since then, counterterrorism has become a central issue for the

Cambodia's export of garment, textile, footwear, and travel products reached 11.76 billion U.S. dollars in the first eight months of 2026, marking a 7.2 percent increase from 10.97 billion dollars during the same period last year, said an official report on Saturday.According to the Ministry of

Two people were killed and four others injured after a passenger sports utility vehicle lost control and fell off a highway in Nepal's western Salyan district on Saturday morning, according to police.Police confirmed the vehicle was carrying six people toward Dang district at the time of the crash.

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surpassed 7,000, with nearly 3,400 deaths reported, according to the latest government situation report released Friday.As of September 10, health authorities have recorded 7,022 confirmed cases, 3,398 deaths, and