People wade through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rain in Karachi, Pakistan, on Aug. 19, 2025. (Str/Xinhua) Vehicles ...

Seven of the 11 primary S&P 500 sectors closed higher. Real estate led the gains with a 1.8 percent rise, followed by consumer staples, which advanced 0.99 percent. Technology and communication ...

At the White House, Trump vowed U.S. involvement in guaranteeing Ukraine's security, while urging Europe to be the "first line of defense." Zelensky hailed it as a "strong signal" to Russia. Yet ...

A pediatrician participates in a free clinic event at Peking Union Medical College Hospital (Dongdan campus) in Beijing, ...

Elder Tibetans rest as a tourist wearing Tibetan costumes poses for photos at the ancient city of Lhasa, southwest China's ...

Technicians calibrate power supply equipment at the entrance of a tunnel on the Luci expressway in central China's Hunan ...

Students visit and take photos at a photo exhibition held to mark the World Photography Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 19, ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. state of Tennessee announced Tuesday that it is sending around 160 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., after U.S. President Donald Trump asserted that ...

TASHKENT, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A launch ceremony for the Uzbek-language edition of the book titled "Xi Jinping: On Respecting and Protecting Human Rights" was held Tuesday in Tashkent, the capital of ...

ISTANBUL, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Turkish authorities seized 7,896,000 narcotic pills and 63 kg of raw drug materials on Tuesday, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. Yerlikaya said on the social ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani sponsored the signing ceremony of the deal "regarding the Nasiriyah project, which included four exploration blocks, and the development of the Balad oil ...

CAIRO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Tuesday urged the international community to pressure Israel into accepting the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, affirming that it ...