According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), some 500,000 Afghan refugees returned from Pakistan and Iran in April and May alone. The report emphasizes that support is now ...

"Threats and inflammatory rhetoric by senior officials on both sides suggest a worrying intention to inflict harm on civilians," Turk said, adding that it was appalling to see civilians being treated ...

BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration on Thursday issued this year's first red alert for mountain torrents in Anhui, Henan, Hubei, ...

MADRID, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has rejected raising military spending to 5 percent of GDP as requested by NATO, describing the proposal as "incompatible," ...

LUANDA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Five African countries have signed the "Luanda Agreement" to defend and promote natural diamonds, pledging to contribute 1 percent of their annual sales revenue to fund a ...

MACAO, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The second Macao International Children's Arts Festival, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region government, will run from July ...

VILNIUS, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Lithuania has decided to evacuate the families of its diplomats and some staff from Israel as the security situation continues to worsen, Foreign Ministry said on Thursday ...

BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that ceasefire must be an urgent priority in the Middle East. Xi made the remarks during his phone talks with Russian ...

GAZA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- At least 44 Palestinians were killed on Thursday in Israeli airstrikes and gunfire across the Gaza Strip, including 22 people who had gathered to receive aid outside two U.S.

JERUSALEM, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Air defense sirens were activated in northern Israel on Thursday afternoon, following a launch of missiles from Iran, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement ...

GENEVA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 11 percent to 1.5 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024, marking the second consecutive year of decline, the United Nations ...

BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) -- China has unveiled an initiative to safeguard the personal information of minors, aiming to ensure their healthy growth, the Ministry of Industry and Information ...