DAMASCUS, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Military forces of Syria's interim administration have begun deploying attack helicopters against what it described as "remnants of the former regime" in the country's ...

ISTANBUL, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a phone call on Saturday that Türkiye would not allow the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' ...

ROME, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Italy's upper house of parliament approved the 2025 budget law on Friday, marking the final step in passing the 30 billion euros (31.2 billion U.S. dollars) package. The ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iran's non-oil exports increased by 18 percent year-on-year in value between March 20 and December 20, covering the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year, ...

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- One Pakistani soldier was killed and six others injured in an exchange of fire between Afghan and Pakistani security forces at a check post in Pakistan's northwest ...

KHARTOUM, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Sudan Certificate Examinations kicked off on Saturday against a backdrop of gunfire and smoke from ongoing battles. These critical exams, essential for university ...

On Friday, Gaza's health officials claimed that Israeli soldiers forcibly expelled patients and medical staff from the hospital buildings, and set fire to large portions of the hospital, including its ...

ANKARA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Saturday that additional policy rate cuts are expected in 2025, following the central bank's recent decision to reduce ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iran's intelligence forces have arrested an individual linked with the "terrorist group" Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in northwestern Iran's Ardabil province, the ...

ADEN, Yemen, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Houthi group announced Saturday that its air defenses have successfully downed a U.S. MQ-9 drone which was conducting "hostile missions" over central Yemen's ...

ISTANBUL, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people were injured in an explosion on Saturday at a building in northwestern Türkiye's Kocaeli province, the state-run Anadolu agency reported. Preliminary ...

BAGHDAD, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi authorities said Saturday that over 6 tons of drugs have been seized and 14,438 individuals involved in drug crimes have been arrested in 2024. The Iraqi ...