NICOSIA, July 31 (Xinhua) -- France and Cyprus on Thursday jointly called for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza and reaffirmed their support for a two-state solution to the ...

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Israeli warplanes carried out intensive airstrikes Thursday on multiple areas in eastern and southern Lebanon, targeting sites belonging to the Lebanese group ...

NEW YORK, July 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States will be talking to Mexico over the next 90 days with the goal of signing a trade deal. Trump said in a ...

SINGAPORE, July 31 (Xinhua) -- China's Chen Yuxi captured her fourth world title in the women's 10-meter platform, while Romania's David Popovici delivered a historic swim in the men's 100-meter ...

YANGON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's National Defense and Security Council (NDSC) on Thursday declared martial law in 63 townships shortly after declaring a state of emergency in those areas, the ...

DAR ES SALAAM, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday officially laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Kwala Industrial Park.

NAIROBI, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Tourist arrivals in Kenya rose by 2.3 percent in the first five months of 2025, driven by the country's efforts to diversify its tourism products and source markets, the ...

LUSAKA, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government on Thursday dismissed reports that the revitalization of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) would result in job losses.

Now a central pillar of Ethiopia's development and climate adaptation strategy, the annual campaign kicked off on Thursday, with a broad goal of planting 7.5 billion seedlings during the ...

HARARE, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP15) concluded Thursday in the resort city of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe ...

Since March 2, a renewed Israeli blockade has closed all Gaza crossings, halting the delivery of food, fuel, and medicine into the enclave. Ceasefire talks have stalled, with some critics pointing to ...

HARARE, July 31 (Xinhua) -- All sectors of Zimbabwe's economy are expected to record positive growth in 2025, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday.