GAZA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Mohammad al-Hindi, deputy secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, said on Thursday that Palestinian factions are close to reaching a ceasefire deal with ...

DAMASCUS, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- A series of blasts rocked Syria's southern Aleppo province on Thursday night, as Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on defense factories and a research center there, ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Puerto Rico restored 99 percent of its power supply as of Thursday morning after a massive outage which left 1.3 million customers in darkness on New Year's Eve, according ...

SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- A group of South Korean investigators of the anti-corruption investigation body headed for the presidential residence in central Seoul from Gwacheon, south of Seoul, to ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- There is no safety for civilians anywhere in Gaza, with more than 80 percent of the Gaza Strip under Israeli evacuation orders, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.