BEIRUT, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed and two others wounded in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Friday, Lebanon's Public Health Ministry said.

TEHRAN, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) had seized a vessel suspected of coordinating with the U.S. military, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Friday. ■ ...

GAZA, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Ten Palestinians, including seven policemen affiliated with the Hamas-run interior authorities in Gaza, were killed in Israeli strikes across the enclave on Friday, ...

UNITED NATIONS, April 24 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the three-week extension of the current 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel to enable dialogue between the ...

ISLAMABAD, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi is about to visit Pakistan for talks with Islamabad's mediation team, while Washington also said that key negotiators will ...

Heavy rain hit Sanya on Friday afternoon, forcing beach water polo and jiu-jitsu competitions to be moved indoors. In the women's round-robin final of beach water polo, China claimed the gold medal ...

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China has decided that, effective from April 24, 2026, the relevant countermeasures imposed on two banks in the European Union (EU), namely UAB Urbo Bankas and AB Mano ...

BANGKOK, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, together with Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Thailand's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, held the third meeting of the Consultation ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for the restoration of trust through the Pact for the Future and the UN80 Initiative. At their core, both the pact and UN80 are about restoring ...

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday in a videotaped statement that Israel retains "full freedom" of action in Lebanon to counter any threat, ...