The AU Mission in South Sudan, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the UN Mission in South Sudan called for fresh momentum to meet commitments to the people of South Sudan following ...

COLOMBO, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka has reached agreements in principle on restructuring approximately 17.5 billion U.S. dollars of external commercial debt, the President's Media Division (PMD) ...

THE HAGUE, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Dutch government's request for an opt-out on the European asylum rules has led to indignant reactions from Dutch opposition parties, but Prime Minister Dick Schoof ...

TEHRAN, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday expressed condolences to the Lebanese people following a series of deadly explosions that Hezbollah has attributed to ...

COLOMBO, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed security agency heads to take all necessary steps to maintain peace and stability in the country during the ...

Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border have been escalating since Oct. 8, 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel in support of Hamas. Israel retaliated with artillery fire into southeastern ...

ISTANBUL, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of cruise tourists in Türkiye reached 306,100 in August, setting the highest record in 11 years, local media reported Thursday.

Across China, the growing tourism industry has significantly boosted rural economies, attracting both domestic and international visitors. In Dazhai Village, located in the southern Guangxi Zhuang ...

BANGKOK, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Ownership transfers of condominiums in Thailand to foreign clients fell 6.2 percent year on year to 3,342 units in the second quarter of this year, indicating a slowdown ...

ANKARA, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's central bank held its key interest rate steady at 50 percent on Thursday for a sixth straight month, in line with market expectations.

CHANGZHOU, China, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Home favorite and top-seeded Shi Yuqi faced a shocking second-round exit at the badminton China Open here on Thursday, while Olympic silver medalists Liang ...

BEIRUT, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday in a televised speech that the deadly device explosions across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday, killing at least 37, are ...