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CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | An agreement covering all provisions and implementation mechanisms related to the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal will be enforced on Thursday at 12 p.m. local time (0900GMT), Egypt’s Al-Qahera News TV reported. The report added that communication channels between the delegations are still …

STOCKHOLM | Xinhua | Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced. “The Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry 2025 have created molecular constructions with large spaces through which …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | As Hamas and Israel are meeting in Egypt over a potential ceasefire the world anxiously awaits, Gaza marked the grim second anniversary of the conflict on Tuesday. Over the past two years, what began as a cross-border attack by Hamas has, under the weight of …

MOSCOW | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian armed forces currently maintain full strategic initiative in the area of the special military operation, Kremlin said in a press release Tuesday evening. Putin made the remarks while meeting with the leaders of the Ministry of Defense, the General …

ADEN, Yemen | Xinhua | Yemen’s Houthi group has recently announced sanctions on some of the United States’ largest oil companies, senior executives, and crude carriers. The decision has raised concerns over maritime security and stability in the Red Sea, one of the world’s most vital shipping corridors, as well …

LONDON | Xinhua | British police forces are to be granted greater powers to restrict protests, the British government said on Sunday. The new measures will allow senior officers to consider the “cumulative impact” of previous protests, and to instruct organizers to hold events elsewhere if a venue has been …

  CAIRO | Xinhua |  A delegation from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) arrived in Egypt on Sunday to prepare for negotiations with the Egyptian side on Monday in the Red Sea city of Sharm El Sheikh, Egyptian sources told Xinhua. The two sides will hold talks on implementing …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | As the U.S. federal government entered a shutdown — the first time in nearly seven years — the confrontation between President Donald Trump’s administration and the Democratic Party has further escalated. The Trump administration has cut funding and programs in Democratic-led states and sought to dismantle …

  WASHINGTON | Xinhua | Israel has temporarily stopped the bombing in the Gaza Strip to give hostage release and the 20-point peace deal a chance to be completed, according to U.S. President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Saturday. “Hamas must move quickly, or else all bets will be …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The U.S. federal government officially shut down early Wednesday after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on a funding bill, the latest casualty of partisan deadlock in Washington. The shutdown has forced hundreds of thousands of federal employees to work without pay or …