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News Analysis: Italy's foreign policy set to stay course in light of domestic priorities

News Analysis: Italy's foreign policy set to stay...

Rome (Italy), October 25: With Italy's newly installed government facing pressing domestic priorities, analysts do not expect immediate changes to...

Lao gov't urges public to get COVID-19 booster shots to prevent further outbreak

Lao gov't urges public to get COVID-19 booster...

Vientiane (Laos), October 25: The Lao Health Ministry called on people to get a booster shot of COVID-19 to strengthen...

Int'l symposium on Silk Road to be held in U.S. historical "silk city"

Int'l symposium on Silk Road to be held...

New York (US), October 25: An international symposium on the role of Silk Road in the development of China and...

Sunak set to take over as UK's next PM

Sunak set to take over as UK's next...

London (UK), October 25: Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the exchequer of the United Kingdom (UK), on Monday won the...

Myanmar reports 139 new COVID-19 cases

Myanmar reports 139 new COVID-19 cases

Yangon (Myanmar), October 25: Myanmar confirmed 139 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to...

UNIFIL chief expresses hope about diplomatic, political solution between Lebanon, Israel

UNIFIL chief expresses hope about diplomatic, political solution...

Beirut (Lebanon), October 25: The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reaffirmed on Monday "its strong commitment to creating...

Kenya investors lobby outlines new roadmap to boost circular economy

Kenya investors lobby outlines new roadmap to boost...

Nairobi (Kenya), October 25: Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), an investors lobby, on Monday rolled out a new roadmap to...

Saudi Arabia launches supply chain initiative to attract investment

Saudi Arabia launches supply chain initiative to attract...

Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), October 24: Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud launched on Sunday the...

Iranian army holds 3-day drill

Iranian army holds 3-day drill

Tehran (Iran), October 24: The Iranian Army's Ground Force started a three-day drill in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan...

Unionists at HD Hyundai's shipyards begin strike vote

Unionists at HD Hyundai's shipyards begin strike vote

Ulsan (South Korea), October 24: Unionized workers at HD Hyundai's three shipyard units kicked off a joint strike vote Monday...

Seoul shares sharply up in late Mon. morning trade

Seoul shares sharply up in late Mon. morning...

Seoul (South Korea), October 24: South Korean stocks traded about 1.2 percent higher late Monday morning, boosted by gains in...

Malaysia reports 2,054 new COVID-19 infections, no new deaths

Malaysia reports 2,054 new COVID-19 infections, no new...

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), October 24: Malaysia reported 2,054 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing the national total to...

S. Korea's new COVID-19 infections continue on-week growth amid resurgence woes

S. Korea's new COVID-19 infections continue on-week growth...

Seoul (South Korea), October 24: South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell to below 15,000 on Monday, but the daily count...

Yoon dismisses opposition's conditions for budget speech

Yoon dismisses opposition's conditions for budget speech

Seoul (South Korea), October 24: President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday no conditions should be attached to his parliamentary budget speech...

Russia adds 8,672 new COVID-19 cases

Russia adds 8,672 new COVID-19 cases

Moscow (Russia), October 24: Russia has registered 8,672 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally...

Australia joins Global Methane Pledge to cut methane emissions

Australia joins Global Methane Pledge to cut methane...

Canberra (Australia), October 24: The Australian government has decided to sign the Global Methane Pledge to reduce global methane emissions...

Iran says to export 40 homegrown gas turbines to Russia

Iran says to export 40 homegrown gas turbines...

Tehran (Iran), October 24: Iran has signed a contract with Russia to export 40 homegrown gas turbines to the country,...

Indonesia to receive drugs from Singapore, Australia amid rising children's deaths from acute kidney injury

Indonesia to receive drugs from Singapore, Australia amid...

Jakarta (Indonesia), October 24: Indonesia is expected to receive drugs for acute kidney injury from Singapore and Australia amid increasing...

New Italian PM calls for unity

New Italian PM calls for unity

Rome (Italy), October 24: New Italian Prime Minister GiorgiaMeloni on Sunday called for unity as she symbolically took power in...

Iraqi PM-designate says working to form coalition gov't

Iraqi PM-designate says working to form coalition gov't

Baghdad (Iraq), October 24: Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani said on Sunday that he is working to form a...

Foreign pressures not to disrupt Iran's pursuit of progress: FM

Foreign pressures not to disrupt Iran's pursuit of...

Tehran (Iran), October 24: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Sunday that foreign pressures and propaganda will not disrupt...

Iran to file legal case against U.S. for "role in riots": judiciary official

Iran to file legal case against U.S. for...

Tehran [Iran], October 23: A legal case will be filed in a Tehran court against the United States for having...

Israeli critically wounded in E. Jerusalem stabbing attack

Israeli critically wounded in E. Jerusalem stabbing attack

Jerusalem [Israel], October 23: An Israeli civilian was critically injured in a stabbing attack on Saturday in East Jerusalem, the...

Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers at military roadblock in West Bank: medics

Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers at military roadblock...

Ramallah [Palestine], October 23: A Palestinian was killed on Saturday by Israeli soldiers at an Israeli army roadblock near the...

Explosion targets military ambulance in southern Yemen, 5 killed

Explosion targets military ambulance in southern Yemen, 5...

Aden [Yemen], October 23: An explosion struck on Saturday an ambulance carrying a medic team of the southern pro-government Yemeni...

U.S. sends message to Iran, "in hurry" to reach nuke agreement: Iranian FM

U.S. sends message to Iran, "in hurry" to...

Tehran [Iran], October 23: Iranian Foreign Minister on Saturday said his country has received a U.S. message expressing American hastiness...

Bird flu outbreak reported at Bulgarian farm

Bird flu outbreak reported at Bulgarian farm

Sofia [Bulgaria], October 23: Bulgaria's Food Safety Agency reported on Friday an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird...