Mary Anne Huntsman, trustee of Carnegie Hall and chair of the NYO Council, has seen firsthand the success of music and diplomacy. As a classical pianist herself, she has played with orchestras in ...

TEHRAN, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Swiss ambassador Nadine Olivieri Lozano, whose country represents U.S. interests in Iran, to protest Israel's "aggression" ...

KIEV, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine on Friday brought home the bodies of 1,200 fallen soldiers as part of another stage of a swap deal with Russia. The repatriation was carried out in line with ...

HELSINKI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Friday that it has concluded a criminal investigation into the damage caused to submarine cables in the Gulf of ...

ISTANBUL, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Turkish aviation companies have cancelled all flights to Iran, Iraq, Syria and Jordan until June 16, authorities said on Friday, following Israel's airstrikes on Iranian ...

PARIS, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The first locally transmitted case of chikungunya in metropolitan France this year was confirmed on Wednesday in the town of La Crau, located in the southern department of ...

LONDON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Liverpool has agreed a fee of 100 million pounds (136 million US dollars) for Bayer Leverkusen forward Florian Wirtz, which could become a British record fee as the deal ...

During the ninth science ministers' meeting of the SCO, science ministers and other representatives of SCO member states reviewed the organization's innovation cooperation plans and discussed progress ...

TEHRAN, June 13 (Xinhua) -- An explosion was heard near Pakdasht city, southeast of Iran's capital, Tehran, on Friday evening, the semi-official Mehr News Agency reported, noting that the sound may ...

WASHINGTON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- In the wake of Israeli strikes on Iran overnight, U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday morning urged Tehran to strike a nuclear deal to avoid further Israeli attacks.

HELSINKI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) announced on Friday that Finland and Estonia have issued a navigational warning for vessels in the Gulf of ...

ISLAMABAD, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Friday advised its citizens to avoid non-essential travels to Iran and Iraq amid heightened regional tensions following the Israeli airstrikes on Iranian ...