JERUSALEM, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced early Friday that Muhammad Abdullah, head of the Islamic Jihad's network in Nur Shams was killed following an Israeli airstrike ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran and Oman conducted on Thursday a joint rescue and relief drill in the Indian Ocean and the Strait of Hormuz. The exercise, hosted by Oman, involved naval forces from ...

CANBERRA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A pair of bonded lions at a zoo in South Australia have been euthanized after the male suffered a medical episode. The Adelaide Zoo on Thursday announced the deaths of ...

BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The overnight Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (Shibor), which measures the borrowing cost of China's interbank market, decreased 12.1 basis points to 1.406 percent Friday.

CANBERRA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government has said that chartered flights for evacuating Australian citizens from Lebanon will end on Sunday. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ...