ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The growth of gross domestic product (GDP) of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) members will reach 4.7 percent this year, Russian President Vladimir ...

ASTANA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of the Amanat Party of Kazakhstan, a delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC), led by Chen Zhou, deputy head of the International Department of ...

A ceasefire, meant to halt nearly 14 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, came into effect on Nov. 27. The agreement stipulated an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory within 60 days ...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's banking and financial institutions had reported slow growth in lending during the first 10 months of 2024, said a National Bank of Cambodia (NBC)'s news ...

BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- China has attached increasing importance to the mental health of children and adolescents, experts said at a press conference held by the National Health Commission (NHC) ...

JERUSALEM, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- A drone launched by Yemen's Houthi forces struck southern Israel on Wednesday, causing no casualties, Israeli military and rescue service said.

TRIPOLI, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Libya deported a group of migrants to Niger by land on Wednesday, the first such deportation in years, according to the Libyan Illegal Migration Control Department. The ...

GAZA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian sources said. Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for Civil Defense in Gaza ...

BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday denounced the negative Taiwan-related content included in the recent U.S. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year ...

TOKYO, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held phone talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, local media reported. In their first talks since Ishiba ...

The Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) said Wednesday that it had received 264 cargo wagons made by China's CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock Co., Ltd for the standard gauge railway (SGR) electric trains.

COLOMBO -- The Maldives has recorded the highest number of tourist arrivals in a single year in 2024, PSM News, the official State Media of the Maldives, said on Wednesday. The PSM said that by Dec.