JERUSALEM, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Wednesday he has approved the construction of 3,401 housing units for settlers in a particularly controversial ...

Standing close, Egyptian app developer Ahmed El-Kholy raised his phone and aimed the camera at the vertical bands of hieroglyphs. Within seconds, his app, Manetho, transformed the 3,000-year-old ...

KUWAIT CITY, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait's Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 13 people have died from poisoning caused by locally produced alcohol. In a statement posted on social media ...

In two separate meetings with Igor Khovaev, Russia's special representative for the normalization of ties between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Vahan Kostanyan, Armenia's deputy foreign minister, ...

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Casualties from the acute lack of food mount as airstrikes and bombardment across Gaza continue to kill, injure and displace people and destroy civilian ...

Air Canada said in a news release that more flights will be canceled on Friday, with a complete cessation of flying by Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge on Saturday. About 130,000 customers a day could ...

BRUSSELS, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Europe's wildfire season has scorched 439,568 hectares so far this year, more than double the 19-year average for this point in the season, the European Commission's ...

Russia's GDP grew 1.1 percent in the second quarter of 2025, following a 1.4 percent expansion in the first quarter, according to a preliminary estimate by the Federal State Statistics Service.

According to Qatar's National Food Security Strategy 2030, the country aims to achieve 55 percent self-sufficiency in vegetables, 30 percent in red meat, 80 percent in fish, and full self-sufficiency ...