NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 1 km N of Marawa, Philippines at 21:58:45 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The European Parliament on Wednesday approved the new team of the European Commission, led by Germany's Ursula von der Leyen, who will serve her second five-year term as president. Lawmakers voted 370 ...

JERUSALEM, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has conducted aerial strikes on 12,500 Hezbollah targets across Lebanon since the beginning of the conflict last October, IDF spokesperson ...

According to the study, Black women had the highest earnings ratio in 2016, at 83.9 cents for every dollar Black men earned, and Japanese women had the lowest earnings ratio, at 59 cents for every ...

Under the ceasefire, which took effect on Wednesday at 4:00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT), the Lebanese army will take control of the territory near its border with Israel over the next 60 days.

DAMASCUS, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group and allied factions launched a major offensive on Syrian military positions in the western countryside of Aleppo province on ...

On the first day of the ceasefire, amid plunging temperatures, 11 trucks from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) delivered emergency supplies to more than 3,000 people in Baalbek, including blankets, ...

PRAGUE, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Czech coalition government failed to reach an agreement on the need to appoint a national coordinator for the euro adoption, Deputy Prime Minister Vit Rakusan said on ...

The live broadcast of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) remains a strong attraction, although entertainment programs have struggled in recent ...

RIYADH, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The first phase of Riyadh Metro was launched on Wednesday, a significant step to reshape the Saudi capital's public transport landscape. According to the Saudi Press Agency ...

The special mediation between Canada Post and the union has been suspended when the national strike is on its 13th day, Canadian Labor Minster Steven MacKinnon said on Wednesday. In a social media ...

The drone crossing into Israeli territory was carrying four rifles, five cartridges, and hundreds of bullets, the IDF said, adding the weapons and ammunition were transferred to security forces for ...