JIUQUAN, April 24 (Xinhua) -- A send-off ceremony for the three Chinese astronauts of the Shenzhou-20 crewed space mission ...

BEIRUT/DAMASCUS, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Eight Syrian refugees were injured on Thursday when a booby-trapped drone exploded on a farm in the eastern Lebanese town of Hosh Al-Sayyid Ali, according to ...

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday projected that growth in Asia and the Pacific will slow to 3.9 percent this year amid escalating trade tensions, ...

BAGHDAD, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi Health Ministry announced Thursday that the number of confirmed cases of hemorrhagic fever in the country has risen to 26 since the beginning of the year, with ...

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank Group on Thursday projected that growth in East Asia and Pacific (EAP) will slow down to 4.0 percent in 2025, compared to 5.0 percent in 2024, according ...

UNITED NATIONS, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Immunization efforts are under growing threat as funding cuts and humanitarian crises jeopardize progress over the past five decades and leave millions people at ...

According to Israeli authorities, 59 hostages remain in Gaza, including 58 of the 251 taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7, 2023, assault on southern Israel. The IDF has confirmed that at least 35 ...

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China's Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination late on Thursday night, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou-20 spaceship have entered the country's space station and met with another astronaut trio in the early hours of Friday, ...

TEHRAN, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi announced on Thursday his readiness to travel to major European capitals to resolve ongoing tensions between Tehran and the ...

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Thursday stressed the necessity of halting the aggression on Gaza, reaching an immediate ceasefire, fully implementing the prisoner exchange agreement, and ...

BEIRUT, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani was summoned to the Lebanese Foreign Ministry Thursday over remarks criticizing efforts to disarm Hezbollah.