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A total of 16,731 Chinese officials were punished in August for violating frugality rules, according to the top anti-graft body on Sunday.
South Korea's presidential Blue House on Sunday called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to conduct a joint probe into the killing of a South Korean civilian near the inter-Korean sea boundary.
Prime ministers and foreign ministers on Saturday vowed to uphold the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and resist unilateralism through their pre-recorded speeches addressed to the ongoing General Debate of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly.
China has sent a team of medical experts to Lesotho and Angola to help the two countries battle COVID-19, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced Sunday.
The remains of 117 Chinese soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), arrived at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province on Sunday.
No matter how the international landscape may evolve, China, as a staunch member of the developing world, will always stand shoulder to shoulder with other developing countries, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday.
India's former federal minister Jaswant Singh died on Sunday at the age of 82.
Pakistan's army said that a Pakistani soldier was killed in Indian forces' firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Kashmir region.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday warned South Korea against entering the DPRK's territorial waters when searching for the missing body of a South Korean civilian.
Dr. Dibya Singh, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's personal physician, has been infected with COVID-19, Nepali officials said.
China has integrated its development with the common development of other developing countries and has carried out thousands of assisting projects, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday called for greater international cooperation in fighting COVID-19 and preventing future pandemics, saying that "everyone will lose" unless countries join hands to defeat the virus.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he is nominating Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative federal appellate judge, for the Supreme Court.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that a nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought.
President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to build Xinjiang featuring socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
A Chinese diplomat on Friday deplored and rejected the accusations of a British official made earlier at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council session, saying that the Hong Kong and Xinjiang related issues are not human rights issues in any definition.
The global death toll from COVID-19 could double to two million before a successful vaccine is widely available and that number could be even higher without concerted action to curb the pandemic, an official at the World Health Organization said on Friday.
The seventh encoffin ceremony for Chinese soldiers killed during the 1950-1953 Korean War was held in South Korea's Incheon on Saturday morning. Officials from both China and South Korea attended the ceremony.
Violent incidents have declined significantly in Hong Kong, and peace and stability have been gradually restored since the national security law took effect nearly three months ago, representatives of various sectors in Hong Kong said.
China would like to make joint efforts with Japan's new government to properly handle major sensitive issues including historical issues and promote mutual political trust, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.
Chinese Taipei must comply with relevant Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) memorandum of understanding and customary practice if it is to send a delegation to the upcoming APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting no matter what form the meeting may take, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged the international community to help meet a financial gap of 35 billion U.S. dollars for the "Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator" (ACT-Accelerator), a WHO-led global collaboration for the development of COVID-19 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday he is ready to join hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in playing a strategic guiding role to promote new development in the China-Japan relationship.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Thursday a proposed rule to require "a fixed period of stay" for international students, exchange visitors, and foreign information media representatives.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveils his agenda for health care, a key topic for the election in November.
The Chinese Consulate General in New York on Friday refuted U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's claims that diplomats in the consulate were engaged in behavior "more akin to what spies are doing."
New measures announced by President Xi Jinping to support the United Nations will offer a strong boost to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, bolster the level of food security and reduce extreme poverty for the world's least developed countries, officials and experts said.
More than 100 former Canadian foreign service officers have reportedly urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to free Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.
China resolutely opposes any act that uses the cover of academic activities to spread disinformation or to discredit or attack China, or that endangers the county's national security, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Wang Yi, special representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping, raised five proposals to improve global governance in Beijing on Thursday when attending a video meeting of world leaders held by the UN Security Council.
