UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas is expected to address an open meeting of the UN Security Council to press for the immediate cease-fire in Gaza, UN officials said here Tuesday. The 15-member council is scheduled to hold the open session on the

BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The world media and the international community gave favorable response to Chinese President ******tao's proposals on promoting peaceful development of the cross-S...

KUNMING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Yunnan section of the Sino-Vietnam land boundary demarcation project has ended with 665 boundary tablets erected, an official with the foreign affairs office of southwest China's Yunnan Province said here on Saturday. During the past eight years

Special report: Palestine-Israel Conflicts UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting on Saturday evening, hours after Israel launched ...