RIGA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid (L), Latvian President Egils Levits (C) and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda attend a welcoming ceremony in Riga, Latvia, Dec. 17, 2019. The presidents of the Baltic states -- Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania -- are determined to advance the Rail Baltica railway project and to ensure its completion as scheduled, Latvian President Egils Levits said at a joint news conference with his Baltic counterparts here on Tuesday.

GAZA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Suleiman Abu-Namous sits with his family members in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 17, 2019. Suleiman Abu-Namous from Gaza recently breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) will be extended for another three years. The UNRWA has been a lifeline and a provider of basic services for some five million Palestinian refugees in the region, including the 110-year-old man and his family. TO GO WITH Feature: Palestinian refugees see UN relief agency as lif