East China's Shanghai Municipality has terminated its sister-city relationship with Czech capital Prague with immediate effect and suspended all official exchanges, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government announced in a statement on Tuesday.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Iran will punish all those responsible for the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane, adding that the "tragic event" would be investigated thoroughly.

A Chinese research institute released a 34-year dataset of the global surface solar radiation, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Monday.

France, Britain and Germany confirmed on Tuesday that they had triggered the dispute mechanism in the Iran nuclear deal given its ongoing violations, but said they were not joining the United States campaign in exerting maximum pressure on Tehran.

Democratic hopefuls for the U.S. presidency return to the debate stage on Tuesday evening, with the Iran situation high on the agenda and the Iowa caucuses under three weeks away.

In an era when Twitter diplomacy has become ubiquitous to global affairs, China has finally chosen to use the popular social media platform to put forth its own narrative with its foreign ministry launching an official Twitter account last month.

Scientists identified in a meteorite the stardust that formed five to seven billion years ago, the oldest solid material ever found on Earth.

China-Sri Lanka cooperation has never targeted any third party and also it should not be affected by any third party, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday admitted the Ukrainian airliner was shot down by Iranian forces. In a statement, he said his country is "deeply sorry by this disastrous mistake" and promised to "take all necessary measures to compensate and sympathize with the bereaved families."

Britain's ambassador to Iran was briefly detained on Saturday in Tehran after reportedly being caught up in protests over Iran's accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet.

The initial report of the Ukraine plane crash in Tehran indicates that the plane disappeared from the radar when it reached an altitude of 8,000 feet, and the pilots didn't get any alerts regarding abnormal situations. It also points to a technical problem.

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will visit Washington from January 13 to 15 to sign the phase one trade deal with the United States, according to Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesperson Gao Feng on Thursday.

Facts speak louder than words, and fair-minded people can tell right from wrong, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram when asked to response to some media's reports which played up the Chinese government's "strict" policies towards its Muslim minority, especially the Uygurs in Xinjiang, and his full interview was published on Wednesday.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday criticized Western countries over their "evil intentions" to destabilize Xinjiang and to undermine the ties between China and Islamic countries.

Iran has formally invited the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to take part in its investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian jetliner and the U.S. agency has agreed to assign an investigator, an Iranian official said on Thursday.

China on Wednesday urged Indonesia to exercise calm after Jakarta announced it has deployed fighter jets and warships to patrol islands near the South China Sea amid an ongoing standoff between the vessels of both countries.

At the invitation of Myanmar's President U Win Myint, Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a two-day state visit to Myanmar on January 17 and 18, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Friday.

President Xi Jinping attended the commissioning ceremony of China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, on Tuesday afternoon.

The 13th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, will hold its third annual session in Beijing on March 5, 2020, according to a decision made by the NPC Standing Committee on Saturday.

Patriotism is the most important reason for Macao's success in its practice of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle during the past 20 years, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in Macao on Friday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday vowed "firm support" to the HKSAR government under Chief Executive Carrie Lam's leadership.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday offered his congratulations on the opening of the high-speed railway line connecting Beijing and Zhangjiakou, the co-host city of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Full text of Chinese President Xi Jinping's 2020 New Year speech

Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in Macao on Wednesday afternoon and address the media at the airport, kicking off his three-day tour in the special administrative region.

On Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry said China is in close touch with the United States on the signing of phase one economic and trade deal.

In accordance with the political guiding principles on the Sino-Indian border issues, China has put forward a practical framework on solving the border issues, which has attracted the attention of the Indian side, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi when meeting with Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday in New Delhi, India.

In this exclusive CGTN exposé, we show you never-before-seen footage documenting the frightening tragedies in Xinjiang and the resilience of its people.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday stressed that it is important to ensure the safety and quality of agricultural products, noting that crimes endangering food safety should be severely punished.

In this exclusive CGTN exposé, we show you never-before-seen footage of interviews with perpetrators and recruitment videos used by this black hand.

Rare footage shows three attackers in an SUV killed pedestrians in Beijing's iconic Tian'anmen Square back in 2013.

ETIM, a leading terrorist group in China, had recruited children in their quest for so-called jihad. Many of these children were killed or injured in their attempts to sow chaos.

A young woman lost her leg while shopping in Xinjiang to an attacker who thought committing the act would lead her to "paradise."

Leading ETIM member "Rozi" described their encounters with Osama bin Laden in 1997.

No one is safe in violence. A man hacked his uncle to death during a knife attack that killed 6 in Kashgar, Xinjiang.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for efforts to maintain strategic resolve in enhancing the building of an ecological civilization, warning against the tendency of sacrificing the environment for economic growth.

Police hunted down terrorists across Xinjiang over the decades.