TUNIS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian authorities foiled the attempts of more than 21,500 undocumented immigrants to reach Italy via the Mediterranean in the first four months of 2024, the Tunis Afrique ...

MANAMA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The Arab League on Thursday called for the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping forces in the occupied Palestinian territories until the implementation of the two-state ...

JERUSALEM, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday announced that Israel would abolish its free trade deal with Türkiye and impose a 100-percent tariff on Turkish ...

NEW YORK, May 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 38.62 points, or 0.10 percent, to 39,869.38. The S&P 500 sank 11.05 points, or 0.21 percent, ...

GAZA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations (UN) on Thursday considered humanitarian aid distribution "almost impossible" in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Islamic ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The just completed floating dock off Gaza for aid deliveries is less viable than land routes, said a UN spokesman on Thursday.

TEHRAN, May 16 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people have lost their lives in a flash flood triggered by heavy rains in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, Iranian official news agency IRNA reported ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- UN humanitarians and partners continue to support Haitians caught up in gang violence, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on ...

TEHRAN, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Iran has rejected the U.S. accusations that it was "transferring weaponry" to the Yemen-based Houthis, enabling them to carry out attacks on ships in the Red Sea and ...

The upward revisions mainly reflect a better outlook in the United States, where the latest forecast points to 2.3 percent growth in 2024, and several large emerging economies, notably Brazil, India ...

ABUJA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- At least 227 suspected terrorists were killed by troops in various anti-terror raids held across Nigeria in the past week, the military said Thursday.

NEW YORK, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices advanced on Thursday. The West Texas Intermediate for June delivery increased by 60 cents, or 0.76 percent, to settle at 79.23 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New ...