WASHINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. GDP shrank 0.3 percent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. It marked the first quarter of negative growth in three years, ...

ADEN, Yemen, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Multiple commercial vessels anchored at the Houthi-controlled Ras Isa fuel port in Yemen are being forcibly detained despite having proper UN clearance, Britain's ...

ADEN, Yemen, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. selection of targets in its recent airstrikes in Yemen based on unreliable sources "raises serious concerns about intelligence practices," a Yemeni security ...

TOKYO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Japan's central bank on Thursday cut its economic and inflation projections for fiscal 2025 and kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged as it continues to gauge the impact ...

MOGADISHU, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations relief agency on Thursday called for immediate emergency assistance to support 45,000 people affected by flooding across Somalia.

CAIRO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed and nine others wounded on Thursday when a pickup truck, speeding and overloaded, overturned on the road leading to the Egyptian north coast ...

JERUSALEM, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said here Thursday that defeating Hamas is Israel's main goal and takes precedence over securing the release of the hostages ...