The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 152.81 points, or 0.34 percent, to 44,785.5. The S&P 500 declined 25.61 points, or 0.4 percent, to 6,370.17. The Nasdaq Composite fell 72.55 points, or 0.34 ...

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said he had instructed officials to begin "immediate negotiations" for the release of hostages in Gaza and an end to the war, while ...

BUDAPEST, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto on Thursday criticized the trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United States, saying ...

OTTAWA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone Thursday to discuss trade and security relationship. According to a readout from the ...

KIEV, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian President's Office, said that Kiev has no plan to hold a referendum on enshrining into the Constitution any territorial concessions to ...

According to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the submerged city of Canopus was renowned for its sacred sanctuaries dedicated to Osiris and Serapis. The city was also known for its ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out a more than 500 million U.S. dollar penalty plus interest against U.S. President Donald Trump in a civil fraud case.

SARAJEVO, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A wildfire that broke out Wednesday evening in Neum, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), continued to spread on Thursday, threatening residential houses and olive ...

THE HAGUE, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Israeli companies will be excluded from a major arms fair organized by the Netherlands Industries for Defense and Security (NIDV) in November in Rotterdam, organizers ...

LONDON, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Britain, together with 22 partners, on Thursday condemned the decision of Israel's Higher Planning Committee to approve more than 3,400 housing units in the E1 area of the ...

JERUSALEM, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said he had instructed officials to begin "immediate negotiations" for the release of hostages in Gaza and an end ...

Mauritania, located in northwest Africa, is approximately 80 percent covered by the Sahara Desert and experiences an arid climate. Its capital, Nouakchott, home to more than 1.5 million people, relies ...