HELSINKI, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Leaders from eight European Union (EU) member states met in Helsinki on Tuesday to discuss security issues along the bloc's eastern flank, according to a press release ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iran has arrested a dual national holding Swedish citizenship on charges of spying during the 12-day war with Israel in June, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday.

DAMASCUS, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Syrian security forces have dismantled an Islamic State (IS) cell responsible for a series of deadly attacks on security and military patrols in the country's northwest, ...

PARIS, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- French lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to the country's 2026 social security budget, with 247 votes in favor and 232 against in the National Assembly. The social ...

CAR Director Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer noted that China's vast market and integrated supply chain are delivering growing economies of scale, while advances in power batteries, new-energy vehicles, and ...

MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Russia's housing construction fell by 2.4 percent year on year in the first 11 months of 2025 to 91.5 million square meters, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) ...

KHARTOUM, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least 104 civilians have been killed in drone attacks across Sudan's Kordofan region since Dec. 4, the United Nations said on Tuesday, expressing alarm at escalating ...

ADEN, Yemen, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC) continued Tuesday to expand its military presence in the war-ravaged Arab country, defying repeated calls by the ...

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and five others injured Tuesday afternoon in Israeli airstrikes targeting vehicles in southern Lebanon and the Chouf area of Mount Lebanon, ...

This would mark a shift from the EU rules adopted in 2023, which set a 100 percent carbon reduction target for new cars and vans from 2035. Germany and Italy have been among the leading opponents to ...

CAIRO, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Egypt on Tuesday broke ground on a major vaccines and biological pharmaceuticals plant in the Sokhna Industrial Zone, with total investments amounting to 150 million U.S.

BELGRADE, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's opening-up policy, exemplified by the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), is creating diverse opportunities for enterprises worldwide and strengthening confidence in ...