BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- It has been a remarkable summer for javelin athlete Yan Ziyi, as the 17-year-old claimed two gold medals at the first Youth Athletics Games of China in Shenyang, days ...

CHENGDU, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Chengdu World Games set "an unrepeatable benchmark" for global sports broadcasting, International Sports Broadcasting (ISB) CEO Ursula Romero told Xinhua, praising the ...

JERUSALEM, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Israel's military said on Sunday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen towards central Israel, launched in apparent retaliation for an earlier Israeli strike.

COLOMBO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- More than 250 people have died from drowning in Sri Lanka so far this year, police said on Sunday. Police spokesman F. U. Wootler told reporters that 257 people have lost ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and another eight injured in an overnight shooting at a club in Brooklyn, New York, NBC News reported early Sunday, citing the city's police.

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The 28th Beijing Music Festival, scheduled to take place from Oct. 10 to 24, will feature artists from China, Switzerland, Japan, Russia, Britain and other countries.

NEW DELHI, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people, including five children, died and four others were injured after a cloudburst hit Jodh Ghati area of Kathua district in Indian-controlled Jammu ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The forces of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have smashed two "terrorist" teams in separate operations in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan ...

KINSHASA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- "Significant efforts have been made" to advance the peace process between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government and the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel ...