ISLAMABAD, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed departments to prepare a comprehensive action plan for providing easy-term loans to small and medium-scale ...

NEW DELHI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 19 people were killed due to lightning strikes in India's eastern state of Bihar in the last 24 hours, officials said Thursday. Heavy rains and thunderstorms ...

JOHANNESBURG, July 17 (Xinhua) -- As more laboratory-confirmed mpox cases continue to be detected in South Africa, the National Department of Health has announced plans to commence vaccination to curb ...

According to a statement by the Turkish Presidency, Erdogan made the remarks in a phone call with Syrian interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, during which the two sides discussed the latest developments in ...

WINDHOEK, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Namibia has started work on the extension of the Oshakati Water Purification Plant, a key infrastructure project to be constructed by China Harbour Engineering Company ...

LJUBLJANA, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The Slovenian government on Thursday declared Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich personae non gratae, citing their ...

DAMASCUS, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the deadly violence in Syria's southern province of Sweida has reached 516, as sporadic clashes broke out on Thursday between Druze fighters and ...

The fire broke out at about 9:05 p.m. local time (1205 GMT) at the piloti parking lot on the first floor of a 10-story apartment building in Gwangmyeong, south of the capital Seoul. (South Korea-Fire ...

ADEN, Yemen, July 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Thursday condemned the recent issuance of new currency denominations by the Houthi-controlled central bank in Sanaa, ...

Two people were killed and seven others injured in an Israeli drone strike on the Holy Family church housing displaced persons east of Gaza City, Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in ...

ESSEN, Germany, July 17 (Xinhua) -- With a Danish flag wrapped around her shoulders, taekwondo athlete Eva Eun-Kyung Sandersen raced around the venue Thursday after claiming the first gold of the ...

JAKARTA, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Trade Minister Budi Santoso said on Thursday that Indonesia has opened 2,400 retail stores in the Philippines and plans to expand into Malaysia, Bangladesh, and ...