The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that their human rights colleagues reported high numbers of civilian casualties and large-scale destruction caused by intensified ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

LHASA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Entrusted by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, members of a central delegation on Thursday visited local officials and ...

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 ...

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 and German researchers have found that a virus living inside a type of deadly fungus can make the fungus far more dangerous to humans, the Hebrew University of J ...