Duterte bans Philippine nationals from working in Kuwait

6 years ago

MANILA,  President Rodrigo Duterte has banned Philippine citizens from travelling to Kuwait to work following reports of widespread abuse and exploitation, his spokesman said Saturday.  Duterte ordered the ban after...

Defense ministry warns U.S. against "causing trouble out of nothing"

6 years ago

BEIJING,  China's Ministry of National Defense has told the United States not to "cause trouble out of nothing," and to respect the sovereignty of China.  Wu Qian, spokesperson for the...

Smog-plagued city on highest pollution alert

6 years ago

ZHENGZHOU,  Zhengzhou, a central China city chronically plagued by smog, will raise the alert for air pollution to the highest level Friday, a local authority announced Thursday.  The red alert...

Trump 'very eager' to be interviewed Russia probe

6 years ago

WASHINGTON,  US President Donald Trump is "very eager" to speak to the special counsel overseeing the Russia election meddling probe into whether he colluded with Moscow, his lawyer said.  Attorney...

Chinese police crack banknote counterfeiting ring

6 years ago

GUANGZHOU,  Police in south China's Guangdong Province have cracked a banknote counterfeiting gang, seizing 14 suspects, local authorities said.  Police netted fake banknotes with a face value of 214 million...

Sri Lankan women to challenge alcohol ban in top court

6 years ago

COLOMBO,  Several Sri Lankan women have filed fundamental rights petitions in the Supreme Court against a cabinet decision to revoke two gazette notifications which permit women to buy alcohol and...

Israel's PM unveils memorial for Mumbai attack victims

6 years ago

MUMBAI, India, Israel's prime minister has visited a Jewish center in Mumbai and unveiled a memorial to 166 people who were killed by militants who rampaged through the Indian city...

Nearly seven decades of tensions between the two Koreas

7 years ago

SEOUL,  North and South Korea have agreed to march together under a single flag at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, in the latest sign that the crisis on the peninsula...

52 people killed in Kazakhstan bus accident: ministry

7 years ago

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Fifty-two people were killed Thursday when the bus they were travelling on caught fire in northwestern Kazakhstan, the emergency services ministry said in a statement.  "On January 18...

New Aamir Khan film to hit Chinese screens

7 years ago

BEIJING,  Indian actor Aamir Khan will return to Chinese movie screens with his latest film, Secret Superstar.  The film, which will be shown on the Chinese mainland this Friday, tells...

India to deregister over 100,000 companies

7 years ago

NEW DELHI, India has said that it will soon deregister over 100,000 private companies in this country for failing to comply with various statutory compliances.  The latest decision is actually...

Catalan lawmakers elect separatist as parliamentary speaker

7 years ago

BARCELONA,  Catalan lawmakers on Wednesday elected a separatist as parliamentary speaker, a first step in a plan by pro-independence deputies to get regional leader Carles Puigdemont, in self-exile in Belgium,...

5 security personnel killed in gun attack in SW Pakistan

7 years ago

ISLAMABAD,  At least five security personnel were killed and six others injured in a gun attack in Pakistan's southwest province of Balochistan on Monday evening, local media reported.  According to...

Syria opposition to attend new UN-backed talks in Vienna

7 years ago

BEIRUT,  Syria's opposition will attend fresh peace talks hosted by the United Nations in Vienna, its media office announced on Tuesday, but said dates were not yet confirmed.  In a...

Freed on a court order, radical Pakistani cleric leaves jail

7 years ago

PESHAWAR, A radical anti-U.S. cleric imprisoned in Pakistan since 2009 left the jail in the northwestern city of Peshawar following a court order for his release on health grounds earlier...