The Moscow-St. Petersburg route will be Russia's first high-speed railroad, a specialized electrified double-track line on which trains can travel at speeds from 200 to 400 kph. Trains are expected to ...

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM -- Israeli warplanes carried out intensive airstrikes Thursday on multiple areas in eastern and southern Lebanon, targeting sites belonging to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, according ...

ABU DHABI/BAGHDAD/JERUSALEM, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iraq on Thursday welcomed recent announcements by several countries regarding the recognition of the State of ...

WASHINGTON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday sent 17 letters to pharmaceutical companies' CEOs in an attempt to pressure them to lower drug prices within 60 days, ...

WARSAW, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Poland commemorated the 81st anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising on Thursday with a solemn Roll Call of Remembrance in front of the Warsaw Uprising Monument in the ...

ALMATY, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan plans to raise oil exports through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline to 1.7 million tonnes in 2025, the Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency reported Thursday, ...

The United Nations and its partners insist on reaching Palestinians in need through community-based distribution points, numbering 400 across Gaza, rather than the four militarized Israeli and ...

LONDON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Mounting civilian suffering and humanitarian crises in Gaza are pushing European powers toward formal recognition of the State of Palestine, exposing a widening rift ...

BARCELONA, Spain, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Spain's job market has reached historic highs, highlighting the country's sustained economic expansion, especially in the vibrant service sector, said Javier ...

WASHINGTON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of State on Thursday announced sanctions that deny visas to officials of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and members of the Palestine Liberation ...

ISMAILIA, Egypt, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Osama Rabie said on Thursday that the Suez Canal has generated 153.4 billion U.S. dollars in revenues and facilitated the ...

WASHINGTON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent despite pressure from the White House to loosen monetary policy.