DAMASCUS -- The Syrian interim government on Wednesday reaffirmed its rejection of any form of partition following a meeting between Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi, the top commander ...

Trump first posted letters to seven countries -- the Philippines, Brunei, Moldova, Algeria, Iraq, Libya and Sri Lanka -- on Truth Social, his own social media platform. According to the letters, 30 ...

Hamas said in an official statement that it "has shown the necessary flexibility" and agreed to release 10 hostages, in a bid to ensure the success of the ongoing efforts.

LONDON, July 9 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met French President Emmanuel Macron in Downing Street on Wednesday, as the pair pledged to jointly crack down on illegal immigration.

"We're shifting from aid to trade," Trump said. "In the long run this will be far more effective and sustainable and beneficial than anything else that we could be doing together." Trump also ...

GAZA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Hamas said in an official statement on Wednesday night that it has agreed to release 10 hostages during the ongoing Gaza peace talks. Enditem ...

Inside a battered tent, its fabric frayed and threadbare, 70-year-old Sadia Abdel-Faraj's frail body shivered -- not from cold, but from the oppressive heat, which has seeped through large swaths of ...

TEHRAN -- Iranian Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi has said close to 700 civilians were killed in Israeli attacks on Iran during June 13-24. He made the remarks in an address to reporters in ...

NEW YORK, July 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday, as markets digested fresh tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump and celebrated a historic milestone in the tech sector, ...

ROME, July 9 (Xinhua) -- A deadly heatwave that swept across Europe in recent weeks has taken a heavy toll on Italy, triggering wildfires, injuring dozens, and contributing to a surge in heat-related ...

Total inventories of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers' sales branches and offices, were 905.5 billion U.S. dollars at the end of May, down 0.3 percent from the revised April level, the ...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the Gaza Ministry of Health announced that the generator at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis was about to shut down, ...