DAMASCUS -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday issued a legislative decree granting a general amnesty for deserters and those charged with or jailed over minor offenses before Sept. 22, 2024, ...

RABAT, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Moroccan authorities seized 8.1 tons of cannabis resin during an operation in the western port city of Safi on Saturday, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) ...

Cliff paintings are pictured at Helan Mountain rock painting scenic spot in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, ...

Israel launched a new wave of airstrikes in Lebanon on Saturday evening, targeting Hezbollah rocket launchers and other ...

TEHRAN, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- At least 28 people were injured in a 5.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted Bojnurd County in the eastern Iranian province of North Khorasan on Sunday, the official news ...

TEHRAN, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday its intelligence forces had arrested 12 individuals linked to Israel across six provinces, alleging they ...

The Israeli army and Hezbollah, which has deep ties to Hamas in the Gaza Strip, have been exchanging fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since Oct. 8, 2023, raising fears that the nearly ...

BEIRUT, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced on Sunday afternoon that the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon had risen to four, with seven others ...

The Summit of the Future opened at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Sunday, with the adoption of a Pact for the Future, as well as its annexes the Global Digital Compact and the ...

KHARTOUM, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim announced on Sunday the launch of a one-month campaign to address the cholera epidemic.

COLOMBO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Anura Kumara Dissanayake, candidate of National People's Power, emerged as the winner in the presidential election in Sri Lanka held on Saturday, the Election Commission ...

Birmingham police said the shooting occurred in Birmingham Five Points South, an entertainment district near the University of Alabama, just after 11 p.m. local time (0400 GMT Sunday).