This photo taken with a mobile phone shows a train by the sea in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec. 26, 2024. The coastal railway line, ...

In the resolution, approved by 14 of the council's 15 member states, with the United States' abstention, the Security Council said that it endorsed the African Union Peace and Security Council's ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks dived on profit-taking and wrapped up the holiday-shortened week on a downbeat note on Friday, bringing a largely triumphant year closer to its conclusion.

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok, who doubles as deputy prime minister for economic ...

SACRAMENTO, the United States, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The United States experienced its highest level of homelessness in 2024, with several states reporting triple-digit percentage increases as the ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. homelessness in 2024 increased by 18 percent compared to 2023, driven by a national affordable housing crisis, rising inflation, and a surge in migrants, according ...

BEIRUT, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese security forces on Friday arrested 67 Syrian nationals for illegally entering Lebanon, along with a Lebanese bus driver who was transporting them, the official ...

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, dropped by 4.2 million barrels from the previous week to 416.8 million barrels, about 5 percent below the ...

A spokesperson for Nats, the UK's main air traffic controller, said: "Due to widespread fog, temporary air traffic restrictions are in place at several airports across the UK today. Restrictions of ...

Participants of a Chinese martial arts cultural exchange event pose for photos at a park in Kuliang, Fuzhou, southeast ...

TUNIS, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian security forces have dismantled a drug trafficking network active in the northwestern province of Siliana, arresting three individuals, the Tunisian National Guard ...

RAMALLAH, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian presidency on Friday condemned Israeli forces' burning down of parts of Kamal Adwan Hospital, a key medical facility in the northern Gaza Strip.