BAGHDAD, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi federal court on Tuesday invalidated a parliament decision to postpone a designated session for electing a new speaker to succeed the sacked Mohammed al-Halbousi, ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (Xinhua) -- As tensions continue to escalate in Gaza, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday once again called for Israel and Hamas to demonstrate "political courage" ...

Video footage circulating on social media, recorded by soldiers, showed the raising of the Israeli flag near the Rafah Crossing. The area appeared deserted, following Israel's warning to civilians in ...

ANKARA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The suborbital research flight of Türkiye's second astronaut Tuva Cihangir Atasever is scheduled for June 8 from Virgin Galactic's Spaceport facilities in New Mexico, United ...

BELGRADE, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday arrived in Belgrade to pay a state visit to Serbia. Enditem ...

JERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Global internet giant Akamai Technologies agreed to acquire the Israeli application programming interface (API) security startup Noname Security for about 450 million U.S.

CAIRO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Egypt is hosting delegations from Hamas, Israel, Qatar and the United States in Cairo on Tuesday with the aim of reaching a "comprehensive truce" in the Gaza Strip, ...

NEW YORK, May 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted East of South Sandwich Islands at 14:34:57 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, ...

GAZA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Tuesday warned of disruptions in aid delivery and fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah ...

NASA and Boeing are targeting no earlier than Friday, May 10, for launch of the first crewed mission of Starliner spacecraft, after Monday's launch attempt was scrubbed due to technical issues. The ...

VIENNA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A culture and tourism promotion event was held here on Tuesday to showcase south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, known for its picturesque landscape and cultural ...

WASHINGTON, May 7 (Xinhua) -- TikTok, an online video entertainment platform, and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Tuesday filed a legal challenge against the U.S. government over a law forcing ...