JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli military confirmed Thursday that it carried out airstrikes on Yemen's western coast and inland Yemen, saying they struck Houthi targets.

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have successfully assembled the chromosomal-level genome of the critically endangered Ochetobius elongatus, a rare fish species from the Yangtze River.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in a Christmas day social media post that Wayne Gretzky, an ice hockey legend from Canada, should run for prime minister of his ...

JERUSALEM -- Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Thursday that he visited East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and "said a prayer," which appeared to have breached the ...

ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian government said that recent efforts to tackle the challenges facing the country's manufacturing sector have significantly enhanced its production ...

Israel's state-owned Kan TV also reported that Israel launched an intense air attack targeting Sanaa and Hodeidah. Citing an anonymous Israeli official, Kan TV reported that Israeli warplanes carried ...

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan have decreased by 228 million U.S. dollars due to external debt repayments, the central bank said in a statement ...

BEIRUT, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib emphasized Thursday his country's adherence to Syria's unity and its aspiration to build the "best relations" with Syria. Bou ...

BEIRUT, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Thursday that any actions threatening the fragile cessation of hostilities in Lebanon must stop. "Both Israel ...

BAGHDAD, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iraq exported about 98.8 million barrels of crude oil in November, the country's Oil Ministry announced Thursday.

China's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 reached nearly 130 trillion yuan (about 18.08 trillion U.S. dollars). As the world's second-largest economy, the country's average contribution to global ...

ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese archaeologists have reported a significant breakthrough in their research on the Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 B.C.), China's earliest known dynasty. They discovered ...