TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iran's intelligence forces have arrested an individual on charge of spying for a neighboring country in the northwestern province of Ardabil, the semi-official Tasnim news ...

MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Russia expects to resume economic and investment cooperation with the new Syrian leaders, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Since joining the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 1994, China has grown into a global leader in innovation, with the number of patent applications rising from just 98 ...

MANILA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' Bureau of Treasury said Thursday that the government's budget deficit was 213 billion pesos (about 3.67 billion U.S. dollars) in November this year.

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- China has been stepping up the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade since the beginning of the year, the country's commerce ministry said Thursday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent messages of condolence to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev over the ...

DAMASCUS, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Syria's interim administration initiated a security campaign in rural Damascus on Thursday, alongside an operation targeting armed groups in the coastal province of ...

Türkiye has been grappling with rising inflation for years. From June 2023 to March this year, the central bank raised its key interest rate from 8.5 percent to 50 percent to tighten monetary policy ...

The Philippine side repeatedly organized its coast guard vessels and fishing boats to violate China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, and undermine peace and stability in ...

The competition rate of employment examinations to become public school teachers in Japan hit a record low in fiscal 2024, the education ministry said Thursday, amid a continued decline in applicants.

MANILA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A 40-year-old female and a 10-year-old boy were killed and 13 others injured after a speeding pickup truck crashed into a concrete center island in Davao de Oro province in ...

A Chinese defense ministry spokesperson on Thursday reaffirmed China's commitment to peaceful development and a defense policy that is defensive in nature while denouncing the U.S. National Defense ...