All Stories: Xinjiang

BEIJING: A shallow 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck China's far western region of Xinjiang on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with at least three people killed according to Chinese officials.

BEIJING: Some local governments in China's unruly far western region of Xinjiang are stepping up controls on the Islamic faith followed by the Uighur people ahead of Ramazan, including making officials swear they will not fast.

BEIJING: The capital of China's far western Xinjiang has banned the wearing of Islamic veils in public, the regional government said on Thursday, in a move experts worry could spark more unrest in the troubled region.

BEIJING/ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has left for Pakistan after his three-day visit to China, ARY News reported.

BEIJING:  Pakistan will help China with its fight against extremists, which Beijing says are active in its unruly far western region of Xinjiang, the country's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

BEIJING: Pakistan will help China with its fight against extremists Beijing says are active in its unruly far western region of Xinjiang, the country's prime minister said on Saturday during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping urged Central Asian states to step up the fight against religious extremism and cyber terrorism, state media said, as Beijing reaches for help across its borders in addressing security concerns in its restive Xinjiang region.

BEIJING: China has executed eight people for "terrorist" attacks in its restive far western region of Xinjiang, including three who "masterminded" a dramatic car crash in the capital's Tiananmen Square in 2013, state media said.

BEIJING: A city in China's restive western region of Xinjiang has banned people with head scarves, veils and long beards from boarding buses, as the government battles unrest with a policy that critics said discriminates against Muslims.

BEIJING: Officials in China's restive western region of Xinjiang have told Muslims to ignore religious customs during the holy month of Ramadan, an indication of what rights groups say is discrimination targeting the Uighur minority group.

Courts in China's western Xinjiang region have sentenced 113 people to jail terms ranging from 10 years to life for terrorist activities and other...

SHANGHAI: Thirteen people were killed in an attack on a police station in China's restive region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency reported...

  Beijing: Sixteen people were killed in a clash in China's Xinjiang region, which is a home to the mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority, it...