In the three weeks since US and Israeli forces launched Operation Epic Fury, oil has gone from $71 to over $115 a barrel. The Strait of Hormuz — the narrow passage through which a fifth of the world's ...

Recent years have brought heightened concern in Western intelligence circles that China could invade the self-governing island of Taiwan as early as next year. But the United States now says an ...

In China’s second-largest city, historic architecture finds new life as galleries and dining destinations.

The scientists at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleosciences are working toward finding Tajikistan ancestry through skeletons found in Vadnagar; explaining the Tibetan, South Asian and Central Asian ...

From state-backed mega museums to privately-funded contemporary art spaces, the expansion of China’s galleries, libraries, archives and museums – or “GLAM” – sector is reshaping how the nation ...

Trump needs to figure out what he wants—and quickly.

A scene from the historical drama Swords Into Plowshares, which has raised public interest in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907-960) period. [Photo provided to China Daily] The recent popular ...

Military operations by the US and Israel in Iran mark the most intense escalation since the June 2025 conflict.

When the addiction to power grips, any excuse to keep it begins to make sense. The recent claims made by ZANU-PF Treasurer General Patrick Chinamasa regarding the necessity of a one-party state for ...

A layer of rock just 520 million years old sat directly on top of ancient rock dating back 1.4 to 1.8 billion years.

Japan will deploy surface-to-air missiles on a remote western island near Taiwan within the next five years, a move that may further strain ties with China. The Japanese defence ministry said on ...

How cannabis shaped Chinese agriculture, medicine, and ritual life for millennia before modern drug policy reversed thousands of years of cultural integration. As families across the globe prepare to ...