India, Russia voice concern over terrorism

6 years ago

Sochi, Russia – India and Russia expressed their concern over terrorism and radicalization during the first informal Summit held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin in the...

UN chief appoints Tanzanian to UNEP top post

6 years ago

DAR ES SALAAM – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed a Tanzanian deputy executive director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP), a statement said on Tuesday.  ...

DPRK says dialogue with U.S. result of peacemaking efforts by Kim Jong Un

6 years ago

PYONGYANG –The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Tuesday that the ongoing dialogue between the DPRK and the United States is the result of peace-making efforts by its top...

Roadside bomb blast in Somalia injures 5 soldiers

6 years ago

MOGADISHU –At least five Somali soldiers were injured in a roadside bomb attack in Afgoye, about 30 km west of the capital of Mogadishu, on Tuesday.  A police...

Chinese technicians begin feasibility study of Rasuwagadhi-Kathmandu railway

6 years ago

Kathmandu – A Chinese technical team has begun a preliminary feasibility study of the Rasuwagadhi-Kathmandu railway.  The study follows an agreement in this regard with a high level...

Trump lashes out at FBI in an effort to change the narrative, experts say

6 years ago

WASHINGTON –U.S. President Donald Trump is lashing out at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over the Russia probe, a move that experts said is a bid to change the...

UN General Assembly president urges global efforts to tackle migration

6 years ago

UNITED NATIONS –A senior United Nations (UN) official said Monday that migration is a persistent "global phenomenon" that needs global efforts to tackle.  "We have heard harrowing accounts...

Chinese, British FMs vow to deepen bilateral cooperation

6 years ago

BUENOS AIRES –Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Monday that it is necessary for China and Britain to enhance strategic communication and deepen strategic cooperation to...

Ex-Malaysian PM Najib questioned for graft probe

6 years ago

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia –Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was questioned by anti-graft busters on Tuesday for an investigation related to the state investment company 1MDB.  Mohd Shukri Abdull,...

S. Korea sees 99.9-pct possibility for DPRK-U.S. summit: Blue House

6 years ago

SEOUL –South Korea's presidential Blue House said Tuesday that it saw 99.9 percent of possibility for the agreed summit between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United...

65 die of heatstroke in Pakistan's Karachi

6 years ago

ISLAMABAD – At least 65 people died due to heatstroke during the last three days in different parts of Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, where temperature hit 44 degrees...

12 police killed in fight with Taliban in eastern Afghan province

6 years ago

GHAZNI, Afghanistan –At least 12 police personnel, including two senior police officers, were killed in fresh clashes with Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province overnight, a local official said...

Mt. Merapi volcano eruption forces residents to flee home in Indonesia

6 years ago

JAKARTA – Mount Merapi, the most active volcano in Indonesia, spewed a column of ash 3,500 meters to the air early Tuesday, triggering evacuation, a disaster agency official said.  ...

Heavy rains, floods destroy over 100 houses in N. Afghan province

6 years ago

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan –Torrential rains and floods had destroyed more than 100 houses and left hundreds of people homeless in Imam Sahib district of the northern Kunduz province over the past...

87 ill from suspected food poisoning

6 years ago

CHONGQING – Eighty-seven people fell ill from suspected food poisoning Sunday at a villager's home in Wushan, a county in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, local authorities said.  They...