DAMASCUS, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- A loud explosion shook the central Syrian city of Homs and its surrounding areas late Tuesday, Syria's state television reported, adding that an investigation is underway ...

JERUSALEM, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Sirens warning of a possible aircraft intrusion were activated on Tuesday night near Israel's southern port city of Eilat and at the Timna mines in the Arava region, ...

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- UN agencies and partners continue to deliver humanitarian aid to the crisis-impacted people in Lebanon amid escalating hostilities, Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson ...

YAOUNDE, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed in a landslide in Cameroon's West region on Tuesday, according to the region's governor Augustine Fonka Awa.

DAMASCUS, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 216 Syrian refugees in Lebanon have been killed over the past 50 days amid Israel's intensified strikes in Lebanon, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 14 km NNW of Santa Ana, Peru at 19:39:41 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Tuesday. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, decreased by 0.45 percent to 103.421 at 3:00 p ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices climbed on Tuesday. The West Texas Intermediate for December delivery increased 52 cents, or 0.73 percent, to settle at 71.99 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New ...

RAMALLAH, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Three Palestinian men were killed by Israeli army gunfire in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported on ...

"Traders are manipulating prices because there is no oversight," said Yousef Mahna, a resident of Khan Younis. Mahna, displaced with his seven children, described their diet as whittled down to little ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted central Peru at 19:39:36 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of ...

JERUSALEM, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that he has dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, citing their differences over security matters. In a ...