The 31st Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and related meetings began here on Monday, with leaders of 10 member-nations and dialogue partners convening to discuss security, cooperation and regional integration. The Philippines, Asean’s rotating chair for 2017, set the theme of “Partnering for Change, Engaging the World”, putting security and regional […]
At least 134 people were killed and over thousands others injured after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck an area near the Iran-Iraq border, media reports said on Monday. According to Iran’s state-run Press TV, 130 victims were killed in Kermanshah province. Four other people were killed in Iraq’s Darbandikhan town, […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Thursday any wrongdoing in two corruption affairs in which he is a suspect. Earlier, Police Spokeswoman Luba Samri confirmed that Netanyahu was questioned for the fifth time for four hours by the police 433 Lahav anti-corruption unit in the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem, Xinhua reported. Samri declined […]
Saudi Arabia on Thursday asked its nationals who are visiting or residing in Lebanon to leave that country as soon as possible. Official news agency SPA reported that the government also advised Saudi citizens not to travel to Lebanon amid accusations that Riyadh is playing a role in the current Lebanese political crisis. Tension has […]
Pakistan on Thursday rejected NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s recent remarks that Taliban still have bases in Pakistan, which he had described as a “big challenge” to efforts aimed at bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan. “We have to address the big challenge that the Taliban, the insurgents are working also out of bases in […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May has named a pro-Brexit lawmaker to succeed Priti Patel as secretary of international development a day after the latter resigned. May named Penny Mordaunt on Thursday after Patel resigned on Wednesday over revelations that she held more than a dozen unauthorised meetings with senior Israeli officials, Efe news reported. To […]
Germany’s Hamburg airport was reopened on Thursday evening after being closed for over one hour due to field trespassing by two persons fleeing from custody, according to local media. According to German media Bild, the two persons are deportees who escaped from the immigration authorities’ exit custody, Xinhua reported. The Focus Online quoted a spokesperson […]
US President Donald Trump on Friday departed from Beijing for Vietnam, after an official three-day visit to China where he urged all countries to stop arming, financing and trading with the “murderous” North Korean regime. The presidential Air Force One aircraft took off from the Chinese capital at 9.15 a.m. (local time) for the coastal […]
Catalan Parliament Speaker Carme Forcadell has been taken to a prison here after failing to post the bail set by the Spanish Supreme Court in a sedition case involving the region’s secession bid. Forcadell was transported to Alcala-Meco detention facility with a women’s section on Thursday night, Efe news reported. Judge Pablo Llarena set Forcadell’s […]
European Council President Donald Tusk has hailed the “clear and important” message conveyed by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China(CPC). Tusk made the remarks on Wednesday when he received the credentials presented by Ambassador Zhang Ming, the new head of the Chinese Mission to the European […]