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MOSCOW, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that two Kiev operatives were killed by crossfire while trying to explode an oil refinery facility in...

TOKYO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks rose Monday morning, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index hitting a fresh intraday high above 60,000, buoyed by leading technology shares and optimism...

KIEV, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that lawmakers will extend martial law and general mobilization for an additional 90 days, the parliament's press service...

Flash: Sirens sound in northern Israel: Israeli military

MOSCOW, April 27 (Xinhua) -- An employee of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the plant's transport facility, the plant said on...

YANGON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out at a market in Danubyu township, Ayeyarwady region, destroying 271 shops, an official from the Danubyu Township Fire Services Department told...

HELSINKI, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Global military expenditure rose to a record 2.89 trillion U.S. dollars in 2025, marking the 11th consecutive year of growth, according to a report released...

   by Xinhua writer Yang Shilong   NEW YORK, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Michael Luo, executive editor of The New Yorker, steps from behind the editor's desk to revisit a long-overlooked...

MOSCOW, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Moscow was hit by an unusually heavy late-April snowstorm on Monday, breaking multiple weather records and causing widespread disruptions across the Russian capital and its...

KABUL, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Three commuters lost their lives and four others sustained injuries as a car veered off the road in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan on Monday, the...