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China denies US warship port visit

China denies US warship port visit

-- 2019-08-28 11:04:10

China has denied a request for a US Navy warship to visit the Chinese port city of Qingdao in recent days, a US defence official told Reuters on Tuesday, at a time of tense ties between the world&rsqu...

Blasts hit Gaza police checkpoints; three dead

Blasts hit Gaza police checkpoints; three dead

-- 2019-08-28 10:50:25

Explosions hit two police checkpoints in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing three officers and wounding several other Palestinians, the Hamas-run interior ministry said, declaring a state of emergency...

Pakistan considering closure of airspace, land routes to India

Pakistan considering closure of airspace, land routes to India

-- 2019-08-27 22:50:12

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is mulling a complete closure of airspace and land routes to Afghanistan for Indian planes and trucks, the Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said fo...

China urges US to stop malicious hyping on South China Sea

China urges US to stop malicious hyping on South China Sea

-- 2019-08-27 20:39:28

China urges the United States to stop malicious hyping and play a positive and constructive role in international and regional affairs, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. Spokesperson G...

21 HK police hurt in illegal assembly over weekend

21 HK police hurt in illegal assembly over weekend

Global Times 2019-08-27 17:46:52

Violence is again pushing Hong Kong on the verge of a very dangerous situation as rioters turned anti-government protests into a riot over the weekend.  The Hong Kong Police Force, the Hong Kong...

Iran’s Rouhani rules out talks with US until sanctions lifted

Iran’s Rouhani rules out talks with US until sanctions lifted

-- 2019-08-27 14:57:53

Iran will not talk to the United States until all sanctions imposed on Tehran are lifted, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump said he would meet his Iranian co...

Brazil to reject G7 aid to fight Amazon fires

Brazil to reject G7 aid to fight Amazon fires

-- 2019-08-27 12:33:32

The Brazilian government has said it will reject an offer of aid from G7 countries to help tackle fires in the Amazon rainforest. French President Emmanuel Macron - who hosted a G7 summit that ended...

Kolkata police arrest JMB's India head

Kolkata police arrest JMB's India head

-- 2019-08-27 12:25:48

Kolkata police's Special Task Force (STF) have arrested Taufeeq Raza alias Ejaz Ahmed, the India head of terror group Jammat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The STF arrested the accused, who was invo...

Australian writer arrested in China facing spying charge

Australian writer arrested in China facing spying charge

Reuters 2019-08-27 12:03:30

A Chinese-born Australian writer held in China since January has been formally arrested on suspicion of espionage, the Australian government said on Tuesday, amid growing tension between Canberra and...

G7 summit: Macron delivers breakthrough on Iran

G7 summit: Macron delivers breakthrough on Iran

-- 2019-08-27 10:46:49

French President Emmanuel Macron paved the way at a G7 summit for a diplomatic solution to the standoff between Washington and Tehran over a 2015 nuclear deal, but there was little else to show from a...

Trump open to meet Rouhani

Trump open to meet Rouhani

-- 2019-08-26 21:53:49

US President Donald Trump said it was realistic to think that a meeting with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani could happen in the coming weeks, according to Reuters. "I have a good feeling. They have...

G7 leaders pledge $20.0m emergency fund to fight Amazon fires

G7 leaders pledge $20.0m emergency fund to fight Amazon fires

Reuters 2019-08-26 21:02:51

The leaders of the group of seven nations (G7) have agreed to a deal to provide an immediate $20.0m fund in emergency help to stop the Amazon forest fires, a French presidential source said. “T...

Egregious intent hurting Hong Kong police

Egregious intent hurting Hong Kong police

Global Times 2019-08-26 18:21:08

This past weekend, Hong Kong saw another violent demonstration. Black-clad extremist thugs hurled Molotov cocktails at the police, smashed police cars and even laid siege to a group of officers, threa...

China announces six new pilot free trade zones

China announces six new pilot free trade zones

Xinhua 2019-08-26 18:16:59

China on Monday announced a master plan for six new pilot free trade zones (FTZs) in a strategic move to press ahead with reform and opening up in the new era. The new pilot FTZs will be located in t...

Trump moves to ease tensions over China, Iran

Trump moves to ease tensions over China, Iran

Reuters 2019-08-26 16:35:39

US President Donald Trump on Monday offered an olive branch to China after days of intense feuding over trade and opened the door to diplomacy on Iran, easing tension on the last day of a strained G7...

Nearly 100 companies move to Netherlands ahead of Brexit

Nearly 100 companies move to Netherlands ahead of Brexit

-- 2019-08-26 13:39:23

Nearly 100 companies have relocated from Britain to the Netherlands or set up offices there to be within the European Union due to the United Kingdom’s planned departure from the bloc, a Dutch g...

Palestine slams US for removing its name from list of countries

Palestine slams US for removing its name from list of countries

-- 2019-08-26 13:30:12

Palestinian authority on Sunday slammed the United States for removing the name of Palestine from its list of countries and states. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman of the Palestinian presidency, said i...

G7 nations close to deal on tackling Amazon fires

G7 nations close to deal on tackling Amazon fires

Reuters 2019-08-26 12:25:53

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday (local time) the leaders of the world’s major industrialised nations were close to an agreement on how to help fight the Amazon forest fires and t...

62 dead in Sudan floods

62 dead in Sudan floods

-- 2019-08-26 12:03:36

Torrential rain and floods have killed 62 people in Sudan, according to the official state news agency. The country has been battered by heavy rains since early July, affecting almost 200,000 people...

Saudi Arabia, UAE form committee to stabilise Yemen ceasefire

Saudi Arabia, UAE form committee to stabilise Yemen ceasefire

-- 2019-08-26 11:15:53

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said a joint committee was formed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to stabilise a ceasefire in the Yemeni provinces of Shabwah and Aby...

Hong Kong police arrest 36 as clashes intensify

Hong Kong police arrest 36 as clashes intensify

Reuters 2019-08-26 10:32:17

Hong Kong police said on Monday they arrested 36 people, the youngest aged 12, after violence during anti-government demonstrations escalated as protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at security forces...

Trump dampens Macron move on Iran talks

Trump dampens Macron move on Iran talks

-- 2019-08-25 22:22:37

US President Donald Trump appeared to brush aside French efforts to mediate with Iran on Sunday, saying that while he was happy for President Emmanuel Macron to reach out to Tehran to defuse tensions...

Top Iranian official lands at G-7 summit in surprise visit

Top Iranian official lands at G-7 summit in surprise visit

-- 2019-08-25 21:20:05

A top Iranian official paid an unannounced visit Sunday to the G-7 summit and headed straight to the building where leaders of the world’s major democracies have been debating how to handle the...

Xi urges Chinese air force to enhance capability to win

Xi urges Chinese air force to enhance capability to win

Xinhua 2019-08-25 18:27:45

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the air force to enhance its capability to win and greet the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) with great achievements...

China-US new cold war can be avoided

China-US new cold war can be avoided

-- 2019-08-25 17:15:40

The China-US trade war, the stagnation and ups and downs of trade negotiations between the two major global powers have gained a lot of attention. I would like to discuss the background and the causes...

SAARC Dev Fund Board approves two projects

SAARC Dev Fund Board approves two projects

-- 2019-08-25 17:10:27

SAARC Development Fund held it 31st board meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka 23-24 August taking decisions on key issues to further promote regional integration and economic cooperation among its eight mem...

Trump paints picture of unity at prickly G7 summit

Trump paints picture of unity at prickly G7 summit

-- 2019-08-25 15:39:30

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was getting along well with Western allies at a G7 summit in France, dismissing reports of rifts among leaders and declaring that they “respect”...

Hong Kong police arrest 29 after overnight clashes

Hong Kong police arrest 29 after overnight clashes

-- 2019-08-25 12:19:54

Hong Kong’s police said on Sunday they arrested 29 people after clashes overnight in which volleys of tear gas were fired to disperse anti-government protesters, as the Asian financial hub brace...

Brazil sends army to help tackle Amazon blazes

Brazil sends army to help tackle Amazon blazes

Reuters 2019-08-25 12:07:45

Six states in Brazil’s Amazon region requested military help on Saturday (local time) to combat record fires that are tearing through the rainforest, provoking an international outcry because of...

Australia to block domains hosting extremist content during terror attacks

Australia to block domains hosting extremist content during terror attacks

-- 2019-08-25 11:51:47

Australia will block access to internet domains hosting terrorist material during crisis events and will consider legislation to force digital platforms to improve the safety of their services, offici...