Joint efforts needed for new security

Senior Chinese security official Guo Shengkun on Tuesday called on the international community to make joint efforts to implement a new vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security under new circumstances.

Esper 'most likely' to run Pentagon

Mark Esper will be taking command of the Pentagon at a tenuous time in the world.

Delegation for Human Rights visits Germany, Ireland

DUBLIN - A delegation from the China Society for Human Rights Studies, or CSHRS, wrapped up a seven-day visit to Germany and Ireland on Tuesday, after having extensive exchanges with people from several circles in the two countries.

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Enrichment, troops heighten tensions

Iran and the United States on Monday had a new round of confrontation as Teheran announced it would speed up its uranium enrichment and Washington decided to send 1,000 more troops to the Middle East.

Morsi, Egypt's ousted president, buried after courtroom death

CAIRO - Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi was buried early on Tuesday, a day after his collapse and death inside a Cairo courtroom following the conclusion of a trial session in an espionage lawsuit.

Putin, Trump could meet briefly at G20

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump could meet briefly at the G20 in Japan next week, but Moscow has not received any proposals from the United States.

UK ministers reject tax on textile recycling

Despite 300,000 tons of "throwaway fashion" burned or buried across the United Kingdom every year, British government ministers have rejected calls for a tax on clothing sales to tackle the environmental damage caused.

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Ambassador urges further cooperation

There is scope of further cooperation between India and China on some major international issues, with the two countries facing similar challenges, Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri indicated to China Daily during an interview in Beijing on Friday.

Mexico steps up checks amid US pressure

COMTIAN, Mexico - Mexican authorities stepped up monitoring of well-traveled routes for migrants in southern Mexico over the weekend, checking identifications, pulling migrants off public transportation and intercepting four trucks packed with nearly 800 migrants.

Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay restore power after blackout

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - As lights returned across Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay after a massive blackout that hit tens of millions people, authorities were still largely in the dark about what caused the collapse of the interconnected grid.