KABUL, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Poppy cultivation and drug production have been banned in Afghanistan and are now nearly at zero, spokesman of the caretaker government Zabihullah Mujahid said. Mujahid made ...

JERUSALEM, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Friday that the Air Force (IAF) struck overnight multiple Hezbollah military targets in the Beqaa valley of Lebanon. According to ...

BANGKOK, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's industrial output extended its contraction for a fifth consecutive month in December 2024 due to a prolonged decline in auto production, weak domestic demand ...

NEW DELHI, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and 15 others critically injured Friday in a collision between a pickup van and canter truck in the northern Indian state of Punjab, ...

MADRID, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Matchday 22 in La Liga sees Real Madrid visit one of their favorite grounds, while FC Barcelona are at home to Alaves. Here are four things to look out for this weekend. 1.

KIEV, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Russian military launched drone attacks on civilian and port infrastructure facilities in Ukraine's southern Odesa region early Friday.

SYDNEY, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Australian authorities have issued a major flood warning for the country's northeast. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) on Friday issued a severe weather warning for heavy ...

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, which stresses the importance of family ties, family education and ...

BAKU, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Five people, including three minors, were killed in a hand grenade explosion in Azerbaijan's Aghjabadi district on Friday. The explosion occurred after a young child ...

VIENTIANE, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government plans to integrate innovative technologies into tourism management and create new attractions to boost sustainable tourism development.

JERUSALEM, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian militants in Jenin, northern West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) said in a joint ...

MANILA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines registered 694,821 deaths in 2023, a 2.2 percent increase from 679,766 deaths registered in 2022, the Philippine Statistics Agency (PSA) said Friday. "This ...