BAGHDAD, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iraq exported about 98.8 million barrels of crude oil in November, the country's Oil Ministry announced Thursday.

ISLAMABAD/KABUL, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday that the country's security forces conducted anti-terror operations in border areas with Afghanistan to ...

China's first commercial reactor device for the online irradiation production of isotopes was officially put into operation Thursday at the Qinshan Nuclear Power Base operated by China National ...

JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israel on Thursday launched intense airstrikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa, targeting Houthi sites, Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported, citing an anonymous Israeli ...

ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese archaeologists have reported a significant breakthrough in their research on the Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 B.C.), China's earliest known dynasty. They discovered ...

Syria's interim authorities met here with visiting Iraqi intelligence chief Hamid al-Shatri on Thursday, according to an official statement carried by Syrian state media outlets. Ahmed al-Sharaa, head ...

GUANGZHOU, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's Guangzhou Futures Exchange on Thursday began trading polysilicon futures, with the trading of polysilicon options to open on Friday. Polysilicon is a key raw ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iran's intelligence forces have arrested an individual on charge of spying for a neighboring country in the northwestern province of Ardabil, the semi-official Tasnim news ...

MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Temporary restrictions have been introduced on four Moscow airports and the Kaluga Airport southwest of the Moscow region, a representative of Russian Federal Air Transport ...

MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Russia expects to resume economic and investment cooperation with the new Syrian leaders, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- China has been stepping up the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade since the beginning of the year, the country's commerce ministry said Thursday.

MANILA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' Bureau of Treasury said Thursday that the government's budget deficit was 213 billion pesos (about 3.67 billion U.S. dollars) in November this year.