UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made it clear that he believes all trade wars are ruinous and need to be avoided, his spokesperson said Thursday.

NAIVASHA, Kenya, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and several others injured on Thursday afternoon when a train collided with a bus in Naivasha, about 90 km northwest of Kenya's ...

The U.S. Embassy in Zambia issued a health alert on Wednesday, directing U.S. citizens to immediately leave Chambishi town and other areas in the Copperbelt province affected by spillage from dams ...

Nearly 60 percent of Swiss exports to the U.S. are subject to the new tariffs, which are "particularly steep" compared with other U.S. trading partners such as the European Union and Britain, the ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania is preparing to enter the meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) tourism sector as part of a broader strategy to increase national revenue ...

JERUSALEM, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli and U.S. researchers have discovered that disrupted brain-liver communication drives severe weight loss, or cachexia, in cancer patients, Israel's Weizmann ...

For his part, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding emphasized China's commitment to helping Zimbabwe achieve food security and reduce poverty, saying the food assistance is part of China's ...

LILONGWE, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has approved 17 presidential candidates and rejected three ahead of the Sept. 16 general elections, citing failure to meet ...

Ntshavheni said the Cabinet had been briefed on the framework deal South Africa submitted to the United States in response to the import tariffs, adding that the phone call to Trump was part of ...

GOMA, DR Congo, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group on Thursday accused the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) military of repeated ceasefire violations ahead of a crucial ...

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea at 1634 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The ...

NAIROBI, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were confirmed dead and two others injured after a light aircraft belonging to AMREF Flying Doctors crashed in a residential area on the outskirts of ...