NEW YORK, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Moody's Ratings on Friday slashed U.S. long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Aa1 from Aaa citing rising government debt and interest payment ratios.

On May 6, Israeli airstrikes severely damaged Sanaa International Airport, destroying its runway, a passenger plane, and critical infrastructure, rendering the facility inoperable. Houthi authorities ...

NEW YORK, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Charter Communications has offered to acquire Cox Communications, a 34.5-billion-U.S.-dollar merger that would combine two of the top three cable companies in the United ...

During his meeting with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is in Baghdad to attend the upcoming 34th Arab League Summit, Rashid voiced Iraq's full support for the legitimate rights of ...

U.S. New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike, leaving train terminals quiet for Friday's rush hour and an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Fighting between rebel groups in Colombia has forced more than 66,000 people from their homes in the first five months of this year, UN humanitarians said on Friday.

JERUSALEM, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli military said on Friday it had stepped up its operations in the Gaza Strip, launching a wave of airstrikes and deploying additional ground forces in an effort ...

ALGIERS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Algerian army forces killed a militant on Friday in the northeastern municipality of Chechar, the second militant killed in the area within 24 hours, the Defence Ministry ...

ALMATY, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The traditional Kazakh wedding ritual Betashar has been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of the United Nations ...

For the whole-year GDP, the Russian Economic Development Ministry expects a growth of 2.5 percent while the Russian Central Bank forecast an increase of 1 percent to 2 percent. ■ ...

MINSK, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The upcoming Belarus-Russia military drills Zapad 2025 have no plans to attack anyone, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday during his meeting with ...

BAGHDAD, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid met with visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Baghdad on Friday to discuss advancing regional peace and the upcoming 34th ...