JERUSALEM, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israel confirmed on Sunday afternoon that Hamas transferred three female Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza, as a ceasefire deal took effect, more than 15 months ...

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's spin bowler Sajid Khan took five wickets on Sunday to lead Pakistan to a commanding 127-run victory over the West Indies in the first Test of the two-match ...

SEOUL -- South Korea's court issued a warrant early Sunday to detain the arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol for up to 20 days, raising a possibility that he would be indicted under detention for ...

"Dani Olmo has strained the soleus muscle in his right leg," confirmed Barcelona on social media, adding that the player's return to the team depended on how the injury progresses, which means he is ...

WELLINGTON -- Three pilot whales died on Sunday, including one euthanized by volunteers, after a group of 30 whales of a range of ages and sizes re-stranded near the northern tip of New Zealand's ...

JAKARTA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC), led by Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, visited Indonesia from Thursday ...

DOHA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, met here on Sunday with a delegation from Palestinian factions to discuss ...

JERUSALEM/GAZA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Hamas began releasing three Israeli hostages to the Red Cross on Sunday, Israel's state-owned Kan TV news reported, hours after a Gaza ceasefire took effect, ...

ABUJA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- A mass funeral has been held for the victims of Saturday's gasoline tanker explosion in Nigeria's north-central state of Niger, local authorities said on Sunday, while ...

BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- China on Sunday unveiled a new educational blueprint, vowing to build a strong education system by 2035 to support its modernization drive and national rejuvenation.

ALMATY, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture has decided to impose a six-month ban on potato exports to non-Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries to stabilize domestic potato ...

COLOMBO, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Maldives will begin to repatriate undocumented expatriates identified through biometrics data collection under the ongoing "Kuran'gi Operation", PSM News, the official ...