In southern Syria, Israeli airstrikes hit the outskirts of the towns of Mothbeen and Izraa in Daraa province. In central Syria, an Israeli airstrike targeted the outskirts of the village of Shahta, in ...

More than 7,000 polling places operated by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) opened across Australia at 8 a.m. AEST on Saturday (2200 GMT on Friday) and will stay open until 6 p.m. AWST (1000 ...

GAZA, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Senior Hamas leader Abdul Rahman Shadid confirmed Friday that the movement had presented to mediators a proposal for a comprehensive Gaza peace deal, which includes a five-year ...

California health officials have urged residents to avoid eating shellfish harvested recreationally from the coast due to the toxic algae bloom that killed a large amount of sea life this year. The ...

ASWAN, Egypt, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The ninth edition of the Aswan International Women Film Festival (AIWFF) opened here Friday evening with a red-carpet ceremony. The annual event, attended by dozens of ...

Sebo himself hails from a family with a 400-year-old winemaking tradition in Modra, a town in the Small Carpathians near Bratislava. Building on this heritage, he established a joint venture at the ...

JERUSALEM, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Friday in a statement that it is ready to block "hostile forces" from entering Druze villages in southern Syria, following deadly ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 2 (Xinhua) -- A Pakistani envoy to the United Nations said on Friday that his country "does not seek escalation," a position he said has been made clear by the political leadership ...

NEW YORK, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The housing boom in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida has now shifted into reverse, with prices sliding by the most in at least 13 years, reported Bloomberg News on ...

JAKARTA, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia intends to offer temporary shelters to Palestinian civilians affected by the ongoing conflict in Gaza, particularly those working in education and healthcare.

NEW YORK, May 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Trump said on Friday that Harvard University would lose its tax-exempt status, repeating his intent to enlist the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in his feud ...

NEW YORK, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Music continues to serve as a powerful channel for understanding between China and the United States, said scholars and musicians who gathered at the annual international ...