BAGHDAD -- Iraq's oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz dropped sharply to 10 million barrels in April due to the regional war from the previous monthly level of around 93 million barrels, newly in ...

VANCOUVER, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A Canadian cruise passenger currently in isolation has tested presumptive positive for hantavirus, health authorities in Canada's British Columbia province announced ...

THE HAGUE, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML on Saturday announced its support for the establishment and ramp-up of Tata Electronics' upcoming semiconductor fabrication plant ...

GAZA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Hamas said Saturday in an official statement that it has held an election to choose its leader, but the result was not decided in the first round. A second round of voting wil ...

LOME, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The 28th Chinese medical team based in Kara, northern Togo, on Saturday organized a free clinic and donated medicines to the Saint Martin Health Center in Ketao, located some ...

RAMALLAH, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli forces in a refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Saturday, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Ministry of Health said. In a brief ...

JERUSALEM, May 16 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli military officer was killed in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military said Saturday. The officer, identified as 24-year-old Maoz Israel Recanati, was a command ...

JERUSALEM, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Saturday that it struck around 100 Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon over the weekend. According to an IDF statement, the tar ...

NEW YORK, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of workers for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) went on strike early Saturday, potentially disrupting travel for hundreds of thousands of commuters in the New Yo ...

GAZA/JERUSALEM, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Hamas confirmed on Saturday that Izz al-Din al-Haddad, commander-in-chief of its armed wing the al-Qassam Brigades, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday. The ...

NANNING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Ten people are missing after a car fell into a river in Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to local authorities.

ROME, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A car plowed into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring eight people, four of them are in serious condition, according to Italy's ANSA news ...