WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the implementation of a law that would ban social media app TikTok or force its sale until ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks dived on profit-taking and wrapped up the holiday-shortened week on a downbeat note on Friday, bringing a largely triumphant year closer to its conclusion.

SACRAMENTO, the United States, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The United States experienced its highest level of homelessness in 2024, with several states reporting triple-digit percentage increases as the ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday strongly condemned the burning of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip by Israeli troops, which forced patients and medical staff to evacuate. In a ...

TIRANA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Albania's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Friday that new cases of African swine fever have been found in the country. They were detected in ...

JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that its air force on Friday struck "infrastructure" at the Janta crossing on the Syrian-Lebanese border, which it claimed was used to ...

BEIRUT, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese security forces on Friday arrested 67 Syrian nationals for illegally entering Lebanon, along with a Lebanese bus driver who was transporting them, the official ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday expressed concern over the "acts of sedition" in Syria while assuring that Iran seeks to promote calm and prevent ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices advanced on Friday. The West Texas Intermediate for February delivery went up 98 cents, or 1.41 percent, to settle at 70.6 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New ...

A spokesperson for Nats, the UK's main air traffic controller, said: "Due to widespread fog, temporary air traffic restrictions are in place at several airports across the UK today. Restrictions of ...

ADEN, Yemen, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia has allocated 500 million U.S. dollars to the Yemeni government to cover state employees' salaries and other expenses, Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Awad ...

SANAA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-British navy coalition launched a fresh airstrike on the Houthi-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Friday night, targeting the 1st Armor Division in the city, ...