Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: The fire in a high-rise building in the Xinjiang capital, which killed 10 on Thursday night, went viral on social media as ...

Few parks boast security as tight as Hongshan in Urumqi, Western China's largest city. Razor wire tangles the perimeter fence, and soldiers cradle automatic weapons with fixed bayonets behind cages at ...

“Gazing has power,” said Cindy M.S. ’24. Cindy, who requested her last name be withheld due to fear of retaliation, was one of many who attended a vigil to honor the ten victims of the apartment fire ...

URUMQI: The mayor of Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has promised a persistent crackdown on the "three forces" of terrorism, separatism and extremism to maintain ...

Chinese authorities said Saturday they would ease a months-long Covid lockdown in the country’s far western region of Xinjiang “in stages”, following protests over a deadly fire at an apartment ...

Urumqi, the capital city of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, hosted a Shehuo parade on Thursday to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival. Eighteen folk performance troupes took ...

Reporting from Beijing — Chinese police have identified a 39-year-old Uighur man they suspect to be one of the first Chinese suicide bombers and have put out a nationwide alert to identify a second ...

Audiences are pictured during the Strawberry Music Festival in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 12, 2025. The 2025 Strawberry Music Festival kicked off in Urumqi on ...

URUMQI, China — A few steps past the shattered glass, warped metal and other remains of a Muslim Uighur restaurant, Ye Erkeng and his family are in hiding. Ye, his wife, younger brother, sister-in-law ...

URUMQI: Police in Urumqi say they have detained another 319 people in connection with the deadly riot of July 5 in the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The arrests are in ...