A meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership has stressed strengthening Party discipline and urged senior ...

SACRAMENTO, the United States, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The United States experienced its highest level of homelessness in 2024, with several states reporting triple-digit percentage increases as the ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks dived on profit-taking and wrapped up the holiday-shortened week on a downbeat note on Friday, bringing a largely triumphant year closer to its conclusion.

TIRANA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Albania's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Friday that new cases of African swine fever have been found in the country. They were detected in ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday strongly condemned the burning of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip by Israeli troops, which forced patients and medical staff to evacuate. In a ...

JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that its air force on Friday struck "infrastructure" at the Janta crossing on the Syrian-Lebanese border, which it claimed was used to ...

BEIRUT, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese security forces on Friday arrested 67 Syrian nationals for illegally entering Lebanon, along with a Lebanese bus driver who was transporting them, the official ...

China initiated a safeguard investigation into imported beef on Friday, according to the country's Ministry of Commerce.

SANAA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-British navy coalition launched a fresh airstrike on the Houthi-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Friday night, targeting the 1st Armor Division in the city, ...

TUNIS, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian security forces have dismantled a drug trafficking network active in the northwestern province of Siliana, arresting three individuals, the Tunisian National Guard ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices advanced on Friday. The West Texas Intermediate for February delivery went up 98 cents, or 1.41 percent, to settle at 70.6 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 40 km E of Tomioka, Japan at 19:10:07 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.