WARSAW, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- A gala was held on Friday at the National Opera in Warsaw to mark Poland's inauguration as the presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU).

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 55 patients and 72 companions were evacuated from Gaza on Tuesday for medical treatment in the United Arab Emirates. Since October 2023, more than ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GENEVA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) expressed deep concern on Friday over the severe impact of winter rains and freezing temperatures on displaced ...

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 ...

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 ...

The outage, lasting approximately four hours, was attributed to a technical problem in the Federal Criminal Police Office's information system. Airports in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, and Berlin ...

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 ...

PARIS, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The hostage-taking incident that occurred on Friday afternoon at a prison in the southern French city of Arles ended peacefully with no casualties, French Minister of Justice ...