VALLETTA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Malta International Airport (MIA) handled 8.96 million inbound and outbound passengers in 2024, marking a 14.8 percent increase over the previous year, the airport ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The American multinational for-profit company of health insurance and health care services UnitedHealth Group's top executive has said that the U.S. health care system is ...

JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced Thursday that his party will quit the government if the newly announced Gaza ceasefire agreement ...

JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Last-minute disputes between Israel and Hamas over the final details of the newly announced Gaza ceasefire deal have been resolved, an Israeli official confirmed to ...

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Romina Khurshid Alam, coordinator to the Pakistani prime minister on climate change and environmental coordination, on Thursday called for robust climate strategies and ...

Visiting Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi expressed on Thursday his country's keenness to boost bilateral ties with Lebanon and invited newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to visit ...

NEW DELHI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 Naxals were killed Thursday in a fierce gunfight with government forces in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, the state-run broadcaster All India ...

TUNIS, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian security forces have arrested an individual involved in drug trafficking in the eastern Sousse province, seizing 22 blocks of cannabis, according to a statement by ...

On Thursday, Washington imposed sanctions on Al-Burhan over his army's "lethal attacks" against civilians, days after slapping sanctions on RSF's commander, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, whose group the ...

MANILA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' Department of Energy and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) state-owned renewable energy firm Masdar signed an agreement to develop and support the Philippines ...

According to the results announced by Yael Braun-Pivet, speaker of the French National Assembly, only 131 deputies voted in favor of the no-confidence vote, far below the 289 votes requested. This is ...

MINSK, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Retail trade in Belarus increased by 11.8 percent in 2024, the country's statistical committee said on Thursday. Retail trade in 2024 amounted to 90.1 billion rubles, or 111 ...