The Thai government is able to control the present situation and a string of measures would be rolled out to ensure tourist safety and normal flight operations, Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said Tuesday. Protestors, who were demanding that no elections be held until major political reforms are implemented, launched the Bangkok shutdown operations Monday […]
US Trade Representative Michael Froman said Monday that his country has requested China to enter into a consultation over duties on US high-tech steel exports following a World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute, Xinhua reported. In November 2012, the WTO concluded that China imposed duties on US exports of grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel ( GOES) […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday held meetings with Iraqi leaders and urged them to deal with the root cause of the violence in Anbar province. “I would urge the Iraqi leaders to address the root that causes the problem. They should ensure that nobody was left behind to reach a political cohesion, social cohesion […]
US President Barack Obama Sunday welcomed an agreement to start implementing an interim deal on Iran’s nuclear programme from Jan 20, but vowed to veto any legislation imposing new sanctions on the Islamic republic hereafter. “Beginning January 20th, Iran will for the first time start eliminating its stockpile of higher levels of enriched uranium and […]
British government has rejected accusations of “systematic” torture of Iraqis by the British armed forces in Iraq after lawyers and public interest groups made a formal complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC). “The Government has always been clear, and the armed forces have always been clear, that they absolutely reject allegations of systematic abuse […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine and his provocative policies towards neighbouring countries are leading Japan in a very dangerous direction, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui has said. In an article published by Russia’s Interfax news agency Friday, Li strongly condemned Abe’s Dec 26 visit to the shrine, which honoured […]
US President Barack Obama Saturday sent his condolences to the family of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon and to the Israeli people over his death while describing Sharon as a leader “who dedicated his life to the State of Israel”. “As Israel says goodbye to prime minister Sharon, we join with the Israeli people […]
Former prime minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, 85, passed away Saturday after being comatose for eight years. Sharon’s son Gilad confirmed that his father has died at the Sheba Medical Centre in the city of Ramat Gan in Tel Aviv district of Israel. “He left when he decided to leave,” Xinhua quoted Gilad Sharon as […]
UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos arrived in Syria Saturday amid a flurry of aid meetings underway in the conflict-torn country. Amos’s visit came just one day after Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, arrived in Damascus for talks on broader access to besieged areas and visits to […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on the international community to provide more political attention and resources to the world body as it faces an overflowing plate of conflicts and disasters. “The situations in Syria, South Sudan and the Central African Republic have gone from bad to worse,” he said in his first news […]