BEIRUT, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Ahmed Al-Sharaa, head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Syria's de facto leader, held a phone conversation on Friday to discuss common ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Syria's interim defense ministry on Friday launched meetings with military leaders to begin the process of incorporating various rebel factions into its command, local ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Syria's interim Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani announced on Friday the plan to visit Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Jordan in the coming week, in an effort ...

OTTAWA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced on Friday a new measure to reduce the cost burden of removing inadmissible people from the country by sharply increasing ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Rivian said on Friday that the company delivered 51,579 electric vehicles in 2024, more than triple the number it shipped to ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Mike Johnson on Friday won re-election for the U.S. House speaker in a slim Republican majority, after swaying two out of the three members of his party who had joined ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday officially blocked Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel on national security grounds -- a decision that economists say ...

KATHMANDU, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Nepali farmers are expected to harvest a record of 5.95 million tons of paddy rice in 2024 as good monsoon rains and the availability of chemical fertilizers helped boost ...

ROME, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Global food prices fell by 2.1 percent in 2024 compared to the average for the previous year, mainly due to declines in cereal and sugar prices, according to the latest report ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Italian Ambassador to Tehran Paola Amadei for her country's detention of Iranian national Mohammad Abedini.

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese medical team from Tianjin Eye Hospital on Friday officially launched a free cataract surgery campaign at Tirunesh Beijing Hospital in Addis Ababa, the capital ...

Türkiye's transportation networks, including railways and highways that connect to Syrian borders, would facilitate the flow of goods, services, and people, said Oytun Orhan, a senior researcher at ...