WASHINGTON, July 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the U.S. attorney general to push for the release of grand jury testimony regarding convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey ...

The United States has long been Germany's largest trading partner in the automotive sector. In 2024, Germany exported vehicles worth 36.8 billion euros (42.8 billion U.S. dollars) to the United States ...

JERUSALEM -- Israel will raise its defense spending by 42 billion shekels (about 12.5 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025 and 2026, the ministries of finance and defense said Thursday in a statement.

DAMASCUS, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian interim authorities on Friday issued a call for restraint amid escalating violence in the southern province of Sweida, pledging to deploy forces to contain the ...

LOS ANGELES, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Three deputies were killed Friday morning in an explosion at a police training facility in Southern California, authorities confirmed.

CAIRO, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian Mineral Resources and Mining Industries Authority (MRMIA) and China's Asia-Potash International Investment (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. signed on Friday a Memorandum ...

Calling for "calm, wisdom, and responsibility," the statement urged all sides to halt the fighting, protect civilians, and uphold the country's social fabric. The statement comes amid ongoing violence ...

The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, or GENIUS Act, was passed by the U.S. Senate in June and by the House of Representatives on Thursday. Trump has been a ...

In his remarks for the Nelson Mandela International Day, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Mandela's legacy of reconciliation and transformation "continues to inspire and drive us" as the UN ...

BEIRUT, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Friday that the group is fully prepared to confront Israel militarily if necessary, warning that Lebanon faces an "existential threat" ...

UNITED NATIONS, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The daily onslaught of hostilities, preventable deaths, a worsening fuel shortage, displacement and desperation are normalizing mass deprivation for Gazans, UN ...

BRASILIA, July 18 (Xinhua) -- A justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court on Friday decided to impose strict legal restrictions on former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo ...