'Women wall' in India calls for gender equality

NEW DELHI, India - Hundreds of thousands of women from across India's southern state of Kerala lined up on Tuesday to form a human chain called "women wall" to uphold gender equality and renaissance values, officials said.

Manchester police raid stabbing suspect's home

British police have said a man suspected of stabbing three people with a kitchen knife at Manchester Victoria train station on New Year's Eve has been detained under the Mental Health Act.

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Revelers brave elements as world ushers in the new year

Fireworks and countdown celebrations took place around the world on Monday to mark the transition to the New Year as revelers around the globe bid farewell to 2018 and welcomed 2019.

Manchester stabbing of three treated as terrorism

LONDON - Police in the British city of Manchester are questioning a man arrested in the New Year's Eve stabbing of three people at a train station and treating it as a terrorist attack, authorities said on Tuesday.

Yemen rebels deny stealing UN food aid

CAIRO - Yemen's Houthi rebels are denying accusations by the United Nations food agency that they are stealing "from the mouths of hungry people" and diverting food deliveries.

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2018, We cartooned on these!

Editor's Note: 2018 has come to an end, and 2019 is arriving. In the past 365 days, China Daily has depicted a colorful world with our readers via the following cartoons.

Arab nations begin their reconciliation with Syria

A series of moves by some Arab countries show that Syria is gradually being reaccepted by the Arab world, which abandoned it after civil war broke out in the nation in 2011, said a Chinese expert.

Former leader wins in Malagasy elections

ANTANANARIVO - Madagascar's former president Andry Rajoelina has beaten his rival and predecessor Marc Ravalomanana in the election, the electoral commission said on Thursday.

US Congress takes no steps to end shutdown

WASHINGTON - The US government partial shutdown was set to stretch deep into next week after legislators failed on Thursday to make a breakthrough in the row over President Donald Trump's demand for a US-Mexico border wall.

Further protests planned by 'yellow vests'

PARIS - The "yellow vest" anti-government protests that have rocked France will be held on Saturday and New Year's Eve, and continue into 2019, several sources in the movement said on Thursday.