RIYADH, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan has approved the kingdom's borrowing plan for the fiscal year 2025, which outlines financing requirements of ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Iran's anti-narcotics police have seized close to 295 tonnes of different kinds of illegal drugs since March 20, 2024, the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year, ...

"Hamas has not transferred a name list of (Israeli) hostages so far," Netanyahu's office said in a statement, denying previous media reports, which, citing a Hamas official, said the group agreed to ...

ISTANBUL, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday that Türkiye has been "actively" urging the international community to support Syria's reconstruction efforts.

JERUSALEM, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Sunday that Hamas has not transferred a list of hostages to be released, denying previous media reports quoting ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei on Sunday strongly condemned airstrikes by the U.S.-led navy coalition on northern Yemen as well as a lethal attack in ...

Al-Shibani also highlighted Damascus's desire to "mend ties with the Arab and international community," setting aside what he called the "old regime's approach," and stressed that Syria aims for ...

Police in the state of New South Wales said in a statement on Saturday night that emergency services were called to reports of a light plane crash in the ocean near the town of Nambucca Heads, ...

HONG KONG, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- France's Alexandre Muller came back from one set down to defeat former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori of Japan in the ATP Hong Kong Open final on Sunday.

VIENNA, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said Sunday that he would meet leader of the far-right Freedom Party Herbert Kickl on Monday to discuss the formation of a new ...

Mengesha, the reigning Berlin Marathon champion, outran Kenya's Patrick Kabirech Mosin to win in 1:01:27, just over two minutes shy of his personal best of 58:58. Mosin finished second in 1:01:30, and ...

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will accelerate work to protect and utilize cultural relics in its core functional areas, and promote public access to more heritage sites along the Beijing Central ...