NAIROBI, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — Kenya mourned the death of women’s volleyball icon Janet Wanja early on Friday. The 40-year-old succumbed to a rare form of gallbladder cancer at her home in Nairobi, according...

BERLIN, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday dissolved the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, paving the way for early federal elections. Steinmeier announced in Berlin that the snap elections...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has urged the Supreme Court to delay the TikTok ban in order to allow time for a negotiated solution, according to a legal document filed...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — Authorities are investigating a Christmas shooting at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, the capital of the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona, which left three people injured by gunfire...

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “is deeply saddened” by the news of a plane crash in western Kazakhstan, his spokesperson said late Wednesday. In a statement, the UN chief...

SANAA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — The negotiation over the release of 13 UN staff arrested by the Houthi group in the Yemeni capital Sanaa concluded on Thursday, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)...

LA PAZ, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — The Bolivian government will arrest former President Evo Morales in due time, a senior official said on Thursday. “We have to wait for the right moment. The action...

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Thursday expressed concern over the post-election violence in Mozambique. In a statement, the AU chief called for a peaceful...

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — The Ethiopian government said that recent efforts to tackle the challenges facing the country’s manufacturing sector have significantly enhanced its production capacity and job creation potential. Ethiopia’s Industry...

LUSAKA/HARARE, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) said Thursday that a spate of earthquakes has struck the area around the Kariba Dam since Dec. 1 but assured the public that the...