ANKARA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 250 basis points (bps) to 47.5 percent, marking its first rate cut in nearly two years. The bank ...

HOUSTON, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A man shot three children whom he accused of trying to rob him at gunpoint on Christmas Day night, authorities said on Thursday. The boys, aged between 12 and 14, were ...

GAZA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Five staff members of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip were killed on Thursday due to Israeli attacks on the hospital, the Palestinian official news agency ...

JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israel's flagship carrier EL Al announced on Thursday the immediate suspension of flights between Tel Aviv and Moscow for at least a week.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Finding an affordable car in the United States has already become a challenge for many budget-constrained Americans, as new import tariffs on Mexican-built vehicles ...

TALLINN, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Estonian government convened an emergency meeting on Thursday after the Estlink-2 power cable connecting Estonia and Finland along the floor of the Gulf of Finland was ...

More than half of California, and 62 percent of Los Angeles County, is either foreign-born or has at least one immigrant parent, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census data.

Madbouly said the cabinet approved a deal with the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A handful of top U.S. colleges are taking steps to boost financial aid for low and middle-income families as the soaring cost of attendance fuels backlash from ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Authorities are investigating a Christmas shooting at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, the capital of the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona, which left three people ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia will continue to achieve all the goals of its special military operation in Ukraine in 2025, calling it ...

ADEN, Yemen/JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israel vowed on Thursday to kill Houthi leaders and dismantle the group's military power shortly after it launched "intelligence-based" airstrikes targeting ...