Under the ceasefire, which took effect on Wednesday at 4:00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT), the Lebanese army will take control of the territory near its border with Israel over the next 60 days.

DAMASCUS, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group and allied factions launched a major offensive on Syrian military positions in the western countryside of Aleppo province on ...

On the first day of the ceasefire, amid plunging temperatures, 11 trucks from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) delivered emergency supplies to more than 3,000 people in Baalbek, including blankets, ...

PRAGUE, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Czech coalition government failed to reach an agreement on the need to appoint a national coordinator for the euro adoption, Deputy Prime Minister Vit Rakusan said on ...

JAKARTA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia held local elections on Wednesday to select governors, mayors, and regents, marking ...

RIYADH, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The first phase of Riyadh Metro was launched on Wednesday, a significant step to reshape the Saudi capital's public transport landscape. According to the Saudi Press Agency ...

The drone crossing into Israeli territory was carrying four rifles, five cartridges, and hundreds of bullets, the IDF said, adding the weapons and ammunition were transferred to security forces for ...

OTTAWA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The special mediation between Canada Post and the union has been suspended when the national strike is on its 13th day, Canadian Labor Minster Steven MacKinnon said on ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Mongolia at 20:34:41 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. wildlife officials finalized a recovery plan for imperiled populations of Canada lynx on Wednesday and proposed new habitat protections in the southern Rocky ...

Riccardo Villari, president of the City of Science in Naples, highlighted the longstanding efforts of China and Italy in scientific and technological cooperation, noting that the two countries have ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- While lab-grown diamonds have been around since the 1950s, they have increased in popularity in the past five years and now make up an estimated nearly 20 percent of the ...