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Netanyahu under pressure from U.S., Israeli protests grow

wereyears closest ally the United States on Wednesday demanded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repudiate a call by his hardline Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for

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Syrian president meets UN relief chief, agrees to expand UN aid access from Türkiye

workingwelcomedPresident Bashar alAssad has met with visiting UN relief chief Martin Griffiths and discussed humanitarian needs of the Syrian people over last weeks

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Kenya welcomes 1st Chinese group tour travel after pandemic

welcomedyearsKenyan officials and executives welcomed the first Chinese travel group tour after three years of pandemicrelated hiatus at a ceremony in the capital

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Iran says 'diplomatic dynamism' exists in talks to revive nuclear deal

weeklywelcomedIranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday that diplomatic dynamism exists through different channels in the talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal

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Scholz says caution needed in supply of weapons to Ukraine

Underscoring the need for caution in delivering military aid to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz made it clear that Germany would not send combat aircraft and ground tro

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Peng Liyuan urges China, Indonesia to step up public welfare exchanges

Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, has called on China and Indonesia to strengthen exchanges in public welfare and jointly improve people's livelihood a

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First international aid arrives in Ethiopia's Tigray since ceasefire

Ethiopia's Tigray region on Tuesday welcomed the first international aid delivery since a truce to end fighting, with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC

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UAE welcomes peace agreement between Ethiopia, regional Tigray forces

Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Saturday met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Et

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Biden overhauls policy on marijuana, pardons prior federal offenses

President Joe Biden took steps to overhaul U.S. policy on marijuana on Thursday by pardoning thousands of people with federal offenses for simple marijuana possession a

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Venezuelan president welcomes Colombia's new ambassador-designate

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro welcomed Colombia's new ambassador-designate Armando Benedetti to Venezuela on Monday."We are peoples with a glorious history of reb

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WEF applauds China's commitment to combat COVID-19 pandemic

Shyam Bishen, head of Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare at the World Economic Forum (WEF), welcomed China's call for building "a community of common health fo

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Macron holds first rally of France election campaign

President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday held his first rally of the French election campaign.The first round of elections will be held on April 10, followed by a run-off

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Pakistan, China vow to push for more achievements in practical cooperation

Pakistani President Arif Alvi and visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Islamabad on Tuesday, vowing to push for more achievements in bil

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UN chief calls to address Russia-Ukraine tensions through diplomatic framework

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for diplomacy to defuse the heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Guterres expressed his deep worries a

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Senators Jon Ossoff, Mark Kelly Introduce Bill to Ban Stock Trading by Congress Members

Members of Congress would face stiff penalties for trading stocks while in office under legislation announced Wednesday by Democratic Senators Jon Ossoff and Mark Kelly

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EU's top diplomat visits east Ukraine front

The European Union's top diplomat visited the frontline of Ukraine's war with Russian-backed forces on Wednesday, in what Kyiv welcomed as a show of solidarity against the threat of a major new milit

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China hails 5 nuclear-weapon states' statement on avoiding nuclear war

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Monday hailed a joint statement issued by the leaders of the five nuclear-weapon states, namely China, France, Russia, Britain and the United States, on pre