COLOMBO, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday appointed Major General Lasantha Rodrigo as the new Commander of the Army and Rear Admiral Kanchana Banagoda as the ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Ministry of Culture confirmed Monday the detention of an Italian journalist on the charge of "violating" the country's laws.

BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- China has established a technical committee for Artificial Intelligence (AI) standardization, which is among its efforts to advance the development of the AI industry and ...

The missile triggered air raid sirens across large parts of central Israel and several areas in the south, the Israeli military said in a statement, adding that the Israeli Air Force intercepted the ...

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep sadness at the passing of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and paid tribute to his legacy as "a ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday rejected U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the rulings in a case of defamation and sexual abuse ...

SANAA, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- A U.S.-British naval coalition conducted two airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah province late Monday, targeting the At-Tuhayta district in the southwest of the province, ...

NAIROBI, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Several people, including an opposition politician, were arrested on Monday as protests erupted across Kenya over the rising abduction of social media activists.

JERUSALEM, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli military said on Monday that one of its soldiers was killed and three others injured in a clash with Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip, where ...

JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- A total of 16 people were killed Monday in various road accidents across the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa, authorities confirmed.

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for making 2025 "a new beginning" in his message for the New Year. "Throughout 2024, hope has been hard to ...

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan reported one more polio case, increasing the total number of cases in the country this year to 68, said the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Monday.