GENEVA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi condemned Israeli attacks on the country at a United Nations meeting here on Friday. Speaking at the 59th Session of the ...

WASHINGTON, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Leading Economic Index (LEI) ticked down by 0.1 percent in May, according to data released Friday by The Conference Board. The LEI fell by 2.7 percent in the ...

The ongoing Israeli-Iranian conflict started when Israel launched a series of large-scale airstrikes against Iran last week, killing several top commanders and nuclear scientists. In response, Iran ...

A second explosion was reported in Mahshahr County, where black smoke was seen rising into the sky. Another Israeli strike targeted Shahrak-e Do Kuheh in Andimeshk County, according to Mehr. Local ...

JERUSALEM, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that its fighter jets struck Hezbollah military sites in southern Lebanon on Friday evening. The statement added that ...

UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy on Friday called for international efforts to promote talks to ease Israel-Iran tensions.

Under a decree signed by Aliyev, the "Cooperation Plan on Joint Promotion of the Belt and Road Initiative between Azerbaijan and China" has been formally adopted. The document outlines the areas of ...

More than two years after the war had driven him from his home in the Al-Halfaya neighborhood, the Sudanese poet stepped once again into the house that had once been a sanctuary of words, memories, ...

ADDIS ABABA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia and the United Nations (UN) on Friday signed a new five-year cooperation framework, worth about 6.5 billion U.S. dollars, to accelerate the East African ...

BOGOTA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were killed early Friday in a bombing at the Alto Pino toll station on a highway in La Guajira department, Colombia's National Infrastructure Agency ...

UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for diplomacy to prevent the Israeli-Iranian conflict from spiraling out of control. In remarks to an ...

CHANGSHA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Since the ongoing heavy rainfall in central China's Hunan Province began, more than 53,000 residents have been evacuated in the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous ...