NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stock indices ended mixed on Friday, the first trading day of 2026, as Wall Street resumed activity following the New Year's holiday and built cautiously on the ...

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Two people died and 12 others were injured after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico on Friday, local authorities said. A 50-year-old woman was killed ...

The source at Seiyun Public Hospital told Xinhua that the facility has received more than 20 bodies over the past few hours. Dozens of others, including civilians, were injured in the strikes and are ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- An estimated more than 1 million people, or every other person in Gaza, still urgently need shelter assistance, the Office of the Spokesperson for the UN ...

KIEV, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that First Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov will become the new defense minister, replacing Denys Shmyhal.

BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Windward Islands at 2148 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday vowed to "forcefully reject" any interference in the country's internal affairs, after U.S. President Donald Trump ...

ADEN, Yemen, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- More than 20 people were killed and dozens of others injured as Saudi warplanes intensified airstrikes on multiple locations in Yemen's southeastern oil-rich province ...

The 15-member Security Council has five permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- and 10 non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the UN General Assembly.

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and 12 others were injured after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico on Friday, local authorities said.

UNIFIL said in a statement that peacekeepers on patrol near Kfar Shouba first reported 15 rounds of small arms fire striking about 50 meters away from them earlier in the day. Less than 20 minutes ...

SAO PAULO, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- At least four people died on Friday after a collision between a truck and a passenger bus on a highway in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, said local media.