JAKARTA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Yuliot Tanjung said Friday that the country was building its first bioethanol factory in Merauke, South Papua ...

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss Israel's plan to take over Gaza City. The meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. (1900 GMT) ...

GAZA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli security cabinet's approval of a plan to control Gaza City has stirred anxiety and anger among residents of the coastal enclave, who have endured nearly two years ...

The WTO now projects world merchandise trade to grow by 0.9 percent in 2025, revising its earlier forecast of a 0.2 percent contraction made in mid-April following the U.S. announcement of "reciprocal ...

The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for September delivery closed flat and settled at 63.88 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for October delivery went up 16 cents, ...

BRUSSELS, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- European Council President Antonio Costa on Friday called on Israel to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City.

JERUSALEM, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday evening spoke with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, expressing his disappointment with Germany's decision to suspend ...

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A frontier corps soldier was killed and at least three others injured in a terrorist attack in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Friday.