MOSCOW/MINSK, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Russia is obliged to ensure the security of its ally Belarus within the framework of the Russian-Belarusian Union and will not leave Belarus in the lurch if it is ...

MINSK, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Retail trade in Belarus increased by 11.8 percent in 2024, the country's statistical committee said on Thursday. Retail trade in 2024 amounted to 90.1 billion rubles, or 111 ...

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The New Gwadar International Airport will commence operations on Jan. 20, the Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement on Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and visiting UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer here on Thursday signed a 100-year partnership agreement between their countries, the ...

MINSK, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Belarus ramped up the volume of its industrial production by 5.4 percent to 202.4 billion rubles in 2024, the country's statistical committee said on Thursday. Production in ...

MOSCOW, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Washington's decision to impose restrictions on the export of AI chips is a harmful protectionist measure, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on ...

NEW DELHI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 Naxals were killed Thursday in a fierce gunfight with government forces in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, the state-run broadcaster All India ...

WINDHOEK, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- China remained Namibia's largest trading partner in November 2024, serving as both the top destination for Namibian exports and a key source of imports, according to the ...

BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China stands ready to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries to crack down on cross-border ...

JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The last-minute differences with Hamas over the names of the Palestinian prisoners who would be released in the newly-announced Gaza ceasefire deal were resolved, an ...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two Cambodian demining experts were killed as they were attempting to remove an anti-tank mine from a farmer's rice field on Thursday, the Cambodian Mine Action Center ...

NEW DELHI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 Naxals were killed in a fierce gunfight with government forces Thursday in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, the state-run broadcaster All India ...