DHAKA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Floods caused 144.21 billion taka (about 1.19 billion U.S. dollars) in damage to agriculture, infrastructure and other sectors in Bangladesh's eastern region in August.

TOKYO -- A recent survey suggested the number of people aged 65 and older in Japan with no close relatives is expected to grow about 1.5 times in 2050 to make up over 10 percent of the elderly ...

COLOMBO, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced on Sunday that investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks will be expedited. The president made the remark ...

The flight restrictions will be in effect from 9:00 p.m. local time (1730 GMT) on Sunday until 6:00 a.m. (0230 GMT) Monday. CAO spokesman Jafar Yazarlou cited "operational limitations" as the reason ...

BEIJING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Fourth-seeded American Coco Gauff beat Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3 to win the women's singles title at the China Open on Sunday. 20-year-old Gauff ...

Fire and Rescue extinguished a fire in one of the Airbus 321 engines, and passengers were deplaned by the stairs, it added. As Flight 1326 from San Diego to Las Vegas was landing at the airport, the ...

MENOUFIA, Egypt, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- As the sun rose over the lush cotton fields in Menoufia Governorate, just north of Cairo, Hossam Saeed's weathered face was lit up with the joy that only a ...

DAMASCUS -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said in Damascus on Saturday that Iran supports a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, and warned Israel that it would respond proportionately to ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Roughly a thousand pro-Palestinian protestors packed Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, their chants echoing through the streets as the first ...

SHANGHAI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- World No. 1 Jannik Sinner advanced into the fourth round of the ATP Shanghai Masters on Sunday with a comeback 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2 victory over Argentina's Tomas Martin ...

KABUL, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan caretaker government has certified 12 projects worth more than 146 million U.S. dollars, the office of the acting deputy prime minister for economic affairs has ...

GAZA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Israel launched intense airstrikes across northern Gaza on Sunday, in what local residents described as the heaviest bombardment since October 2023. The Gaza Civil Defense ...