JERUSALEM, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Wednesday he has approved the construction of 3,401 housing units for settlers in a particularly controversial ...

HONG KONG, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A spokesperson for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced on Wednesday that the nomination period for the 2025 Legislative Council ...

KUWAIT CITY, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait's Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 13 people have died from poisoning caused by locally produced alcohol. In a statement posted on social media ...

In two separate meetings with Igor Khovaev, Russia's special representative for the normalization of ties between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Vahan Kostanyan, Armenia's deputy foreign minister, ...

JERUSALEM, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir toured army outposts in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, saying the armed forces had adopted "a new strategic concept" aimed at ...

BERLIN, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday stressed that fundamental European and Ukrainian security interests must be safeguarded in the upcoming Trump-Putin summit in ...

On Monday, Trump signed an executive order declaring a crime emergency in Washington, D.C. to "protect public servants, citizens, and tourists, and ensure the safe functioning of the federal ...

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Casualties from the acute lack of food mount as airstrikes and bombardment across Gaza continue to kill, injure and displace people and destroy civilian ...

KIGALI, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda is gearing up to make history as it hosts the 2025 UCI Road World Championships from September 21 to 28 in the country's capital Kigali -- marking the first time the ...

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Wednesday rejected the announcement of the establishment of a parallel governing authority in areas controlled by Sudan's Rapid Support ...

FUZHOU, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Podul made its second landfall along the coast of Zhangpu County in east China's Fujian Province at around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the Fujian provincial ...

BEIRUT, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and two others were wounded in two separate Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, the Lebanese state-run National News Agency (NNA) ...