Shigeru Ishiba, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was officially elected the country's prime minister on Tuesday after winning a majority of votes in both houses of parliament.

SANAA, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's armed Houthi group said on Tuesday they launched drone strikes on "military targets" in Israel's Jaffa area and its port city of Eilat.

BAGHDAD, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Two Katyusha rockets hit areas around the Baghdad International Airport on Tuesday, causing no casualties, the Iraqi military said.

HANOI, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has so far attracted 3,500 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in the garment and textile industry with a combined value of 37 billion U.S. dollars, Vietnam News ...

BANGKOK, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Around 25 people were killed and several others missing after a bus carrying passengers on a school trip in Thailand's capital Bangkok caught fire on Tuesday, senior ...

SANAA, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- A drone attack on Tuesday hit and punctured a ballast tank of a ship off Yemen's port city of Hodeidah, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. Enditem ...

BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's total installed capacity for new energy generation, including wind, solar and biomass power, topped 1.27 billion kilowatts by the end of August, according to data ...

HANOI, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's cashew nut exports face the risk of trade deficit due to higher raw material prices, Vietnam News reported Tuesday, citing experts. The export turnover of Vietnam's ...

Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, gained 1.93 percent, or 732.42 points, to close at 38,651.97. Market was also buoyed by a weakening yen, with the yen trading ...

Yemen's armed Houthi group said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV on Tuesday that they launched drone attacks against "military targets" in the Israeli area of Jaffa, and the port city ...

By breaking into the last eight of the China Open for the third time, after previous appearances in 2016 and 2018, the 35-year-old Zhang will next face Spain's Paula Badosa, who defeated world No. 3 ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that if the economic data stays stable, future rate cuts are expected to be smaller than the half-percentage ...