This agreement, reached through Egyptian mediation with regional and international partners, is scheduled to commence at 8:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT) Sunday, the Egyptian foreign ministry said in a ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The top commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said his fighters do not intend to surrender their weapons or dissolve their ranks, but are willing to ...

KHARTOUM, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Omdurman city, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, has been facing a significant drinking water crisis over the past five days due to the paramilitary Rapid Support ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country since December last year, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Saturday.

"It is now essential to see the withdrawal of the Israel Defense forces from Lebanese territory and the simultaneous deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces across southern Lebanon in the agreed ...

BAGHDAD, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani emphasized on Saturday his country's support for efforts to promote security and stability, and prevent the escalation of ...

The Houthis, who control much of northern Yemen, have been launching regular rocket and drone attacks against Israel and disrupting "Israeli-linked" shipping in the Red Sea since November 2023 to show ...

CAIRO, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Egypt announced on Saturday that Israel will release more than 1,890 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) releasing 33 Israeli ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday exchanged views in a phone call over Gaza's ceasefire agreement with Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled an underground base accommodating various combat vessels, the IRGC's official news outlet Sepah News ...

SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- A South Korean court issued a detention warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol early Sunday morning over his failed martial law attempt. With the warrant, Yoon's ...

TRIPOLI, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Acting Chairman of Libya's state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) Masoud Sulaiman said on Saturday the company plans to increase daily oil and gas production to ...