Xi hopes Duterte visit can ‘fully improve’ Philippine ties
Reuters, Beijing :Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that he hoped Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “milestone” visit to China could help “fully improve” ties,...
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Turkey detains 40 soldiers in coup probeReuters, Istanbul Turkey detained 40 soldiers from an air base in the central Anatolian city of Konya as part...
Iraq forces move to retake Christian town on way to Mosul
AFP, Qayyarah :Iraqi forces prepared to retake the country’s largest Christian town from the Islamic State group on Wednesday, a key milestone in their progress...
Ecuador acknowledges limiting Julian Assange`s web access
BBC Online :Ecuador has acknowledged it partly restricted internet access for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is taking refuge at its London embassy.It said Mr...
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Philippine police van runs over protestersAFP, ManilaA Philippine police van on Wednesday rammed and ran over baton-wielding protesters outside the US embassy in Manila.Police used...
More than 350,000 Afghan refugees return from Pakistan: UN
AFP, Kabul :More than 350,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their war-torn homeland from Pakistan this year, UN data show, with the torrent of people...
UNESCO adopts Arab-sponsored resolution on E Jerusalem
The UN cultural agency on Tuesday adopted a controversial Arab-sponsored resolution on east Jerusalem which Israel has said ignores Jewish ties to a key holy...
Berlin to host four-way Ukraine summit
Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine will hold a summit in Berlin on Wednesday to “evaluate the implementation” of the Minsk peace accords for Ukraine, the...
Russia, Syria halt Aleppo airstrikes ahead of truce
AP, Moscow :Russian and Syrian warplanes on Tuesday halted their airstrikes on Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo in preparation for a temporary truce that Moscow...
China defends Pakistan after Modi`s `mothership` remark on terror
PTI, Beijing :A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Pakistan a “mothership of terrorism”, China today strongly defended its all-weather ally, saying it is...
Russian flagship aircraft carrier departs for Syria coast
AFP, Moscow :Russia’s flagship aircraft carrier set off Saturday for the Mediterranean Sea where Moscow’s naval forces are supporting its bombing campaign in Syria, the...
Japan panel begins to study emperor`s possible abdication
AP, Tokyo :Experts on a government-commissioned panel held their first meeting on Monday to study how to accommodate Emperor Akihito’s apparent abdication wish, in a...