NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, with all three major indexes advancing to finish the week on a positive note. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 206.97 points, ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media Friday that his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place on Aug. 15 in the U.S. state of Alaska. ■ ...

MADRID, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out late Friday evening at the historic mosque/cathedral in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba and was successfully extinguished, local media reported.

CAIRO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli Security Cabinet's recent plan to take over Gaza City has sparked condemnation from home and abroad, with many saying the decision violates international law, ...

JERUSALEM, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian low-cost carrier group Wizz Air resumed its flights to Israel on Friday, following a suspension that began in mid-June due to the 12-day Israel-Iran conflict.

LISBON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa vetoed the amended Foreigners Law on Friday, returning it to parliament shortly after the Constitutional Court struck down ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to Earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, died Thursday in the ...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of people are under evacuation orders as a fast-moving wildfire continues to rage in Southern California on Friday amid a major heat wave.

KHARTOUM, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 16 civilians were killed and eight others injured in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village in North Kordofan State, western Sudan, ...

JAKARTA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Yuliot Tanjung said Friday that the country was building its first bioethanol factory in Merauke, South Papua ...

The WTO now projects world merchandise trade to grow by 0.9 percent in 2025, revising its earlier forecast of a 0.2 percent contraction made in mid-April following the U.S. announcement of "reciprocal ...

GAZA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli security cabinet's approval of a plan to control Gaza City has stirred anxiety and anger among residents of the coastal enclave, who have endured nearly two years ...