KABUL, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of 299 Afghan inmates were released from Pakistani prisons and returned to their homeland over the past week, a news release from the Ministry of Refugees and ...

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's foreign exchange reserves totaled 3.2922 trillion U.S. dollars at the end of July 2025, which was down 25.2 billion U.S. dollars -- or 0.76 percent -- from the end ...

CHENGDU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chengdu has "set a new standard in hosting," said Jose Perurena, president of the International World Games Association (IWGA), as the southwestern Chinese city prepares to ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia and Thailand on Thursday signed an agreement on ceasefire arrangements, representatives of the two countries said after an extraordinary General Border Commit ...

MANILA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' manufacturing output grew at a slower pace in June 2025, with the value of production index (VaPI) rising by 1.8 percent year-on-year, down from 3.1 percent ...

Sony Group gained 4.1 percent to 3,860 yen after raising its profit forecast for the current fiscal year following a reassessment of the negative impact of higher U.S. tariffs, while Toyota Motor ...

JAKARTA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has directed the government to provide medical assistance to approximately 2,000 Gazans who have been injured in the ongoing conflict, ...

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and 14 others injured in a blast targeting a police vehicle in Pakistan's northwest South Waziristan district on Thursday morning, police sources ...

SYDNEY, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- An Australian researcher has used advanced DNA analysis of deer feces to uncover new insights into the diet of invasive chital deer harming northern Australia's agricultural ...

MANILA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' gross international reserves (GIR) slightly declined in July to 105.7 billion U.S. dollars from 106 billion dollars in June, the Philippine central bank ...

MANILA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Philippine industry leaders have voiced concern over U.S. President Donald Trump's recent proposal to impose a 100 percent tariff on imported semiconductors, warning that ...

China's total goods imports and exports in yuan-denominated terms rose to 25.7 trillion yuan (about 3.6 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first seven months of 2025, up 3.5 percent year on year, official ...