The three Israeli hostages, kidnapped in a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, are Ohad Ben Ami, 56, a dual Israeli-German citizen; Eli Sharabi, 52; and Or Levy, 34. According to ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) welcomed nearly 2 million tourist arrivals in 2024, marking a 10.3 percent increase from the previous year, the national statistics agency reported on Friday. A total of 1 ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- There have been at least 24 million illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations, and 13,000 deaths from flu so far this season in the United States, according to the latest ...

VALLETTA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Industrial output in Malta increased by 14.3 percent in December 2024 compared to the same month in the previous year, according to official statistics published on Friday ...

KIEV, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine is working on launching the transit of natural gas from Azerbaijan to Europe, the European Pravda media outlet reported Friday, citing Heorhiy Tykhyi, the spokesman ...

MINSK, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Belarusian gold and foreign currency reserves amounted to 9.33 billion U.S. dollars, the country's central bank said on Friday. In January 2025, gold and foreign currency ...

GAZA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Hamas on Friday accused Israel of deliberately delaying the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement by disturbing the delivery of humanitarian aid and relief to the ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. employers added 143,000 jobs in January amid slowing job growth, with the unemployment rate edging down to 4.0 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday.

MOGADISHU, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Friday that Somalia is hosting 41,765 registered refugees and asylum seekers as of December 2024. The UN ...

ATHENS, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- During his visit to Santorini on Friday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged the residents to remain calm in the face of a series of earthquakes that had shaken ...

LUSAKA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema is committed to collaborating with other African leaders to foster peace, security and stability in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

BEIRUT, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and two others wounded on Friday by explosives inside a house in Tayr Harfa village, southern Lebanon, state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.