The U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network on Friday proposed a rule that would revoke Banque Misr UAE's correspondent banking access to U.S. financial institutions as part of a new sanctions campaign targeting Iran."Treasury promised to sever every economic lifeline Tehran

As many as 934 people associated with 11 hydropower projects affected by the devastating floods in Nepal have remained out of contact, a representative body of Nepal's private-sector power developers said.The Independent Power Producers' Association, Nepal said on Friday that 730 people associated

Friday marks the 63rd anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. This year, thousands returned to the same site in

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States and Venezuela have reached an oil agreement."The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!" Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.The United

At around 10:30 am on August 26, a mudslide occurred on the Nepali side, resulting in significant casualties and a large number of people go missing at the Gyirong Port in Gyirong county, Xigaze city in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

The claim that "there are no refrigerators in Beijing" is so absurd that it hardly deserves a rebuttal. Yet this piece of elementary nonsense appeared on a television program in Taiwan and was widely circulated.

The development of China-US relations has reached a point where, on the surface, the contradictions stem from clashes of interests, competition for relative strength, and differences in values.

In this edition of China Mosaic, host Fan Liuyi speaks with Zhou Mi, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, about the key debates shaping global trade today.

Pakistan is set to assume the chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for a one-year term following the SCO Council of Heads of State Summit in Bishkek, the Pakistan foreign ministry said at its weekly press briefing on Thursday.

Bishkek resident Joomart Kokumov suffered from multiple eye conditions that made it difficult for him to travel by bus on his own, as he could barely see the numbers on the buses. Through the China-Kyrgyzstan "Express Health-Bright Journey" program, Joomart received free eye surgery that

People visit an immersive digital exhibition in Surabaya, East Java Province, Indonesia, Aug. 27, 2026.

Hira Bahadur Dikshit, a resident of Dhungebazaar, a settlement swept away by the floods in northern Nepal, was still in shock as he looked at the devastated area that was once a bustling town.The flood, triggered by the collapse of a glacier on the Nepalese side at a higher elevation on Wednesday,

Nigerian police have warned that rushing the rescue operation for people abducted in Niger State could put the victims' lives at greater risk, as security agencies intensify efforts to locate and free them.

People try Chinese dishes at the China-Nigeria food festival in Abuja, Nigeria, on Aug. 27, 2026.

In the chaos of Hurricane Katrina, Charity Hospital in New Orleans became a scene of heartbreak and heroism, with doctors scrambling to keep patients alive without power or functioning medical equipment while floodwaters trapped them inside its darkened halls for days on end.The massive hospital, a

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died, her studio said Thursday. She was 97.Kusama died Aug. 14 at a hospital in Tokyo, Yayoi Kusama Studio said, without specifying the cause of death."