DOHA, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Qatar Tourism, the regulatory body of the tourism sector, announced on Sunday that the country welcomed over five million visitors in 2024, marking a 25 percent increase in ...

ABU DHABI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), held talks with visiting Iranian Foreign ...

ZAGREB, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Incumbent Croatian President Zoran Milanovic won the Croatian presidential election on Sunday, exit polls showed. Enditem Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook to ...

DAMASCUS, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a powerful explosion at a Syrian weapons depot near the Adra Industrial City in rural Damascus rose to 11 on Sunday, with most of the casualties ...

JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, was discovered in a turkey farm in central Israel, the country's Ministry of Agriculture and ...

A light aircraft from an aviation club crashed into the sea off the coast of Ras Al Khaimah, the northernmost emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Sunday, killing the pilot and co-pilot, ...

JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli military announced on Sunday that one of its soldiers was killed in the Gaza Strip during an ongoing raid in Jabalia.

NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Police used water cannons and canes to disperse hundreds of students in India's eastern state of Bihar on Sunday.

ALGIERS, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday reaffirmed his administration's commitment to combating corruption, and pledged to launch a national dialogue to address ...

MAPUTO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The government of Mozambique has created a commission of inquiry to investigate the mass escape of prisoners from two penitentiary facilities in the country's capital of ...

BEIRUT, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 45 people have been killed between Nov. 27 and Dec. 22 in Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement, according to a source from the Lebanese army on Sunday.

JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- South Africa has stepped up law enforcement efforts along its border with Mozambique amid post-election protests in the neighboring country.