BEIRUT, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank approved on Wednesday a 257.8-million-U.S. dollar financing to improve water supply services in Greater Beirut and Mount Lebanon.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday it received 1.5 million U.S. dollars in funding from the Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN global fund for education in emergencies, to ...

BEIRUT, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno announced here on Wednesday that Spain will donate 10 million euros to the Lebanese Armed Forces.

In a press conference, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani said the two conflicting parties in Gaza have reached an agreement regarding the ...

RAMALLAH, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Five Palestinians were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Damaj neighborhood of Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, according to the ...

Fierce wildfires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people and destroyed more than 12,300 structures. Local authorities confirmed that at least 26 people were still missing related to ...

DOHA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Israel and Hamas have agreed to a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal after intensive mediation efforts by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, the Qatari prime minister ...

The statement did not disclose the amounts, but Israel's state-owned Kan TV News and other leading Israeli media outlets estimated the total investment in the project at more than half a billion U.S.

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. states are continuing to drift further apart on gun policies, and a new report by a gun violence prevention advocate found that many states with the toughest ...

DOHA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- A Qatari Air Force plane carrying humanitarian aid, including 32 tons of food supplies, landed in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday, as part of Qatar's air bridge ...

ROME, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Italy's public debt exceeded 3,000 billion euros (3,087 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time in November 2024, the Bank of Italy reported Wednesday.

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. big bank profits surged in the fourth quarter and Wall Street roared back to life, with net income rising 50 percent at JPMorgan Chase and more than doubling at ...