UNITED NATIONS, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The UN relief chief on Friday called the fatal shooting of two International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) drivers in Sudan's South Darfur region unconscionable.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza would be at imminent risk of death in case of an assault, warned Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, at a ...

BAGHDAD, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Four mountain climbers died in northern Iraq's Sulaimaniyah province after being swept away by flash floods, the local civil defense authority reported on Friday. The ...

WINDHOEK, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Tragedy struck the Namibian capital of Windhoek when an aircraft crashed in the residential area of Pioneers Park on Friday night, killing three people. Elifas Kuwinga, ...

"The war in Gaza continues to be a war on women," UNRWA said in a press statement posted on its social media platform X, adding that more than 10,000 women have been killed and 19,000 others injured ...

RAMALLAH, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian Presidency announced on Friday that President Mahmoud Abbas had undergone routine medical examinations in the West Bank city of Ramallah. A statement issued ...

NEW YORK, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices fell on Friday. The West Texas Intermediate for June delivery dropped 84 cents, or 1.06 percent, to settle at 78.11 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York ...

ROME, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Global food prices rose for the second consecutive month in April, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported Friday. It was the first time they rose ...

NEW YORK, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Friday. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, lost 0.26 percent to 105.030 at 3:00 p.m. (1900 ...

Meanwhile, Israel filed a complaint to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) against Türkiye for its decision to suspend trade, said a statement from Israel's Economy ...

ISTANBUL, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Türkiye's decision to suspend trade with Israel had one singular purpose, which is to compel the Israeli government ...

DODOMA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from flash floods caused by continuing torrential rains in Tanzania has risen to 161, Mobhare Matinyi, chief government spokesperson, said on Friday. Matinyi, ...