DAMASCUS, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a powerful explosion at a Syrian weapons depot near the Adra Industrial City in rural Damascus rose to 11 on Sunday, with most of the casualties ...

NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Police used water cannons and canes to disperse hundreds of students in India's eastern state of Bihar on Sunday.

MAPUTO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The government of Mozambique has created a commission of inquiry to investigate the mass escape of prisoners from two penitentiary facilities in the country's capital of ...

BEIRUT, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 45 people have been killed between Nov. 27 and Dec. 22 in Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement, according to a source from the Lebanese army on Sunday.

JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- South Africa has stepped up law enforcement efforts along its border with Mozambique amid post-election protests in the neighboring country.

KHOST, Afghanistan -- At least four people were killed late Saturday night in a gas cylinder blast in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province, a local official confirmed Sunday. Khost provincial ...

Fundraising by Israel's hi-tech companies rose for the first time in three years by 38 percent year-on-year in 2024, amounting to 9.58 billion U.S. dollars, according to data from IVC and LeumiTech ...

YAOUNDE, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Voting for Chad's legislative, municipal and provincial elections began on Sunday. Polling stations opened at 6:00 a.m. and will close at 6:00 p.m. local time, with vote ...

TOKYO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Around 65 percent of companies in Japan hire foreign workers to fill labor shortages, Kyodo News reported, citing a recent government survey.

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have summoned the principal official of the government of Benxi City in northeast China's Liaoning Province, after a local school canteen was accused ...

CAIRO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- A tourist was killed and another injured in a shark attack in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Marsa Alam, the Egyptian Environment Ministry said on Sunday. Both victims are ...

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Spring Airlines, a Chinese budget carrier, resumed its direct flights from Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, on Sunday ...