ALMATY, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan finalized more than 100 investment agreements amounting to nearly three trillion tenge (about 5.8 billion U.S. dollars) in 2024, Kazakh First Deputy Prime ...

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 ...

JERUSALEM, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israel has received from Hamas, through mediating countries, the names of three Israeli hostages to be released from Gaza on Saturday as part of a ceasefire-hostage deal, ...

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 ...

JERUSALEM, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported on Friday that Israel has received from Hamas, through the mediating countries, the names of three Israeli hostages to be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...