According to Trump, Iran will initiate the ceasefire, followed by Israel 12 hours later, culminating in an official declaration of the war's end at the 24-hour mark.

NEW YORK, June 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday on his Truth Social platform that Israel and Iran have reached a formal agreement to implement a complete and total ceasefire ...

MINSK, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The National Bank of Belarus said on Monday that it will raise its key rate from 9.5 percent to 9.75 percent.

The Enlarged Meeting of the Twelfth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held from June 21 to 23, with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the WPK, ...

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said on Monday the legislature is moving to approve a plan to suspend Tehran's cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog, as tensions ...

TUNIS, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The 25th Arab Radio and Television Festival opened Monday in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, and would run through Thursday.

DOHA, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Qatar's air defense systems intercepted 18 of 19 Iranian ballistic missiles targeting the Al Udeid Air Base, which hosts U.S. forces, the Qatari Ministry of Defense announced ...

Vital telecommunications in Gaza -- out for days -- have been repaired, but may go down again because of fuel shortages, UN humanitarians warned on Monday. "Over the weekend, telecommunications were ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that Iran had launched a missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar in response to recent American airstrikes on its nuclear facilities, describing ...

UNITED NATIONS, June 23 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply alarmed by Iran's missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar, said his spokesman on Monday.

Speaking to Xinhua at a reception hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Denmark to celebrate the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic ties, Gade expressed confidence that the two countries will further ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted 31 km NNW of Asan-Maina Village, Guam at 19:14:26 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 146.0 km, was initially ...