JERUSALEM, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Israel's Finance Ministry announced Monday that it will increase the 2025 state budget by 30.8 billion shekels (around 9.1 billion U.S. dollars) to cover a range of ...

CAPE TOWN, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- South African Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube called for stronger partnerships between government, universities, and communities to transform the country's ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other European leaders, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, ...

Beside him, his six children gather smaller stones, clearing space for a canvas tent erected on top of the debris. Their hands grow dusty and their faces smear with sweat as they try to impose order ...

TOKYO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Two members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), both in their 20s, died Monday after going missing during a training exercise in Oita prefecture, southwestern Japan ...

CAIRO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani called on Monday for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza ...

BRATISLAVA/BUDAPEST, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Crude oil deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline to Slovakia were halted on Monday, though Slovak operator Transpetrol said transit across its territory ...

JAKARTA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has delivered 800 tons of aid, including food, medicine, and clothing, to the Gaza Strip, underscoring its commitment to international humanitarian solidarity, a ...

Two people have died in Portugal as a result of wildfires this year, according to the Lusa News Agency report. One, a former local official in the eastern city of Guarda, was killed on Aug. 15 while ...

VILNIUS, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The average wholesale electricity price in Lithuania more than doubled last week to 81 euros (93.96 U.S. dollars) per megawatt-hour (MWh) from the previous week, driven by ...

CAIRO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Hamas movement agreed on Monday to a new Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by mediators from Egypt and Qatar, Egyptian sources told Egypt's Al Qahera News TV channel. ■ ...

Over the past five years, the China-Europe Railway Express (Shenzhen) network has expanded from a single route to 27 routes covering 47 countries and regions, including Germany, the Czech Republic, ...