NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Izu Islands, Japan region at 21:02:25 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted southeast of Honshu, Japan at 21:02:25 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, ...

GAZA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured on Thursday evening in Israeli airstrikes targeting two residential houses in Gaza City, according to ...

OSLO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Three individuals died and four others sustained serious injuries after a long-distance bus veered off highway and plunged into a lake in Hadsel, northern Norway, local ...

VIENNA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two skiers died after being buried by an avalanche in the Austrian alpine state of Tyrol around midday Thursday, local authorities said. The victims, a father and his son, ...

SANAA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The negotiation over the release of 13 UN staff arrested by the Houthi group in the Yemeni capital Sanaa concluded on Thursday, Director-General of the World Health ...

BELGRADE, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, on improving bilateral relations and the European path of the ...

ANKARA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 250 basis points (bps) to 47.5 percent, marking its first rate cut in nearly two years. The bank ...

HOUSTON, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A man shot three children whom he accused of trying to rob him at gunpoint on Christmas Day night, authorities said on Thursday. The boys, aged between 12 and 14, were ...

GAZA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Five staff members of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip were killed on Thursday due to Israeli attacks on the hospital, the Palestinian official news agency ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a law requiring companies that are big fossil fuel polluters to help pay to repair damage caused by extreme weather, ...

JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israel's flagship carrier EL Al announced on Thursday the immediate suspension of flights between Tel Aviv and Moscow for at least a week.