Rousseff begins her long goodbye
AFP, Rio de Janeiro :Dilma Rousseff greets the Olympic flame in Brazil on Tuesday, but the pomp and ceremony will seem empty to a president...
International
Japan ties should be based on coop, not confrontation : China
Reuters, Beijing :China’s relations with Japan should be based on cooperation not confrontation, China’s foreign minister told his Japanese counterpart on Saturday, adding that China...
Syria truce comes into effect but Aleppo excluded
BBC Online :The Syrian army says it is observing a partial and temporary truce with rebels known as a “regime of calm”, apart from in...
News In Brief
Obama announces new steps to curb gun violence AP, Washington President Barack Obama announced new steps on Friday to help curb gun violence, including by...
China rejects Hong Kong Port call by US carrier
AFP, Washington :China has denied the US aircraft carrier USS Stennis and accompanying naval vessels permission to make a port call in Hong Kong, a...
Bomb attack on pilgrims kills 23 in Iraq as hundreds protest
AFP, Baghdad :A car bomb targeting Shiite pilgrims killed at least 23 people near Baghdad on Saturday, as hundreds protested in the capital for reforms...
Clashes outside German right-wing AfD party congress, 400 arrested
AFP, Stuttgart (Germany) :German riot police on Saturday arrested around 400 protesters trying to block access to the congress of the right-wing populist AfD political...
China aims for manned moon landing by 2036
Reuters, Beijing :China wants to put astronauts on the moon by 2036, a senior space official said, the latest goal in China’s ambitious lunar exploration...
600 kilos of Roman coins discovered in Spanish town
AFP, Seville :Construction workers have found 600 kilos (1,300 pounds) of ancient Roman coins while carrying out routine work on water pipes in southern Spain,...
Iran moderates eye more gains in run-off parliamentary election
Reuters, Ankara :Iranians lined up outside polling stations on Friday to vote in a second round of parliamentary elections, state TV reported, with allies of...
Russia, China oppose outside interference in North Korea, South China Sea
AP, Beijing :Denouncing what they see as outside interference in the South China Sea and Korean Peninsula, the foreign ministers of Russia and China voiced...
202 civilians killed in past seven days of Aleppo violence
Reuters, Beirut :Air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo killed 123 civilians including 18 children during the past seven days of intensified violence in the...