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 500 Syrian refugees return to homeland from Lebanon

 500 Syrian refugees return to homeland from Lebanon

Xinhua 2019-12-04 18:24:48

More than 500 Syrian refugees returned on Tuesday to their homeland from Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. Syrian refugees from different areas in Lebanon, including Burj Hammoud, Tripoli,...

President calls for trade, investment promotion

President calls for trade, investment promotion

FE REPORT 2019-12-04 17:02:38

President Md Abdul Hamid has urged the country's business leaders to create new entrepreneurs and explore new business areas for the sake of the country's economy and the people. Terming trade and in...

Six including Japanese NGO head killed in Afghan gun attack

Six including Japanese NGO head killed in Afghan gun attack

-- 2019-12-04 14:03:54

Six people including the head of a Japanese NGO were killed on Wednesday after unknown gunmen attacked their vehicle in Jalalabad, the capital city of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, o...

Death toll in Philippine typhoon rises to 10

Death toll in Philippine typhoon rises to 10

-- 2019-12-04 12:57:04

The death toll from a typhoon that hit provinces south of the Philippine capital rose to 10, disaster agencies said on Wednesday, pointing to precautions and compulsory evacuations as key in preventin...

Mahathir prepares to host his second APEC summit

Mahathir prepares to host his second APEC summit

-- 2019-12-04 12:51:56

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad formally launched on Wednesday preparations to host next year’s APEC summit, recalling with pride how his country hosted the event more than 20 years ag...

China to improve service, support system for military retirees

China to improve service, support system for military retirees

Xinhua 2019-12-03 20:29:07

The Central Military Commission has issued an official document calling for greater efforts to ensure that China's military retirees are well taken of. Titled "Guideline on Strengthening Work on Mili...

Two soldiers injured in grenade explosion in Indonesian capital

Two soldiers injured in grenade explosion in Indonesian capital

Xinhua 2019-12-03 18:57:07

An explosion resulted from a smoke grenade took place in Indonesia's National Monument Park (Monas) near the presidential palace in central Jakarta on Tuesday, injuring two soldiers, Jakarta Police Ch...

One killed as typhoon 'Kammuri' hits Philippines

One killed as typhoon 'Kammuri' hits Philippines

Reuters 2019-12-03 12:55:27

A typhoon struck the Philippines on Tuesday, killing one man and bringing heavy rains that prompted suspension of air travel and government offices in the capital, and warnings of floods, storm surges...

Ex-Malaysian PM Najib takes stand in 1MDB scandal-linked trial

Ex-Malaysian PM Najib takes stand in 1MDB scandal-linked trial

-- 2019-12-03 11:06:00

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak took to the witness box for the first time on Tuesday to defend himself on criminal charges linked to a multibillion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia...

Suu Kyi’s supporters hold rally as genocide trial set to begin

Suu Kyi’s supporters hold rally as genocide trial set to begin

Reuters 2019-12-02 19:54:11

As Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi prepares to travel to the Netherlands to fight charges of genocide against her country at the International Court of Justice, her supporters have held a public rally...

China makes headway in vocational education

China makes headway in vocational education

Xinhua 2019-12-02 19:19:23

China has made remarkable progress in advanced vocational education, according to an evaluation report published on the Ministry of Education's website. Advanced vocational schools nationwide have se...

HK police to recruit 1,815 officers to deal with unrest

HK police to recruit 1,815 officers to deal with unrest

Global Times 2019-12-02 19:04:23

Hong Kong police aim to recruit 1,815 officers by March in a bid to better safeguard the city which has been troubled by six months of social unrest, and encourage those who share the city's determina...

Dipu Chakma clinches first gold for Bangladesh in SA Games

Dipu Chakma clinches first gold for Bangladesh in SA Games

-- 2019-12-02 13:48:47

Dipu Chakma has bagged the first gold medal for Bangladesh in the Taekwondo event of the 13th South Asian Games in Nepal. Earlier in the day, Humaira Akhter Antara won a bronze medal in the women's i...

Hong Kong gears up for lunchtime rallies after weekend unrest

Hong Kong gears up for lunchtime rallies after weekend unrest

-- 2019-12-02 12:42:08

Hong Kong protesters geared up for a week of lunchtime rallies on Monday, a day after a mass demonstration showed the anti-government movement can still draw people to the streets even after sweeping...

China-Ethiopia dialogue highlights sustainable investment under BRI

China-Ethiopia dialogue highlights sustainable investment under BRI

Xinhua 2019-12-01 18:48:24

Ethiopia is hoping to attract more sustainable investment from Chinese enterprises as fruitful cooperations have been carried out under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). At the China-Ethiopia High-...

Iraqi PM submits resignation amid mounting pressure

Iraqi PM submits resignation amid mounting pressure

-- 2019-12-01 14:40:26

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi submitted his resignation to parliament amid continuing anti-government protests in the capital Baghdad and in southern Iraq. The prime minister announced on Fri...

Japan’s Abe may soon see real ballistic missile launch, N Korea warns

Japan’s Abe may soon see real ballistic missile launch, N Korea warns

-- 2019-11-30 11:58:14

North Korea’s state media on Saturday lashed out at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as an “imbecile and political dwarf” for calling Pyongyang’s latest test of a large multi...

Australia's first underwater hotel to open on Great Barrier Reef

Australia's first underwater hotel to open on Great Barrier Reef

Xinhua 2019-11-29 17:32:13

Australia's first underwater hotel is set to open on the Great Barrier Reef in the coming days, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in one of the world's most spectacular natural environments. Si...

India announces $400 million loan for Sri Lanka

India announces $400 million loan for Sri Lanka

Reuters 2019-11-29 17:17:20

India will lend Sri Lanka $400 million for infrastructure projects, the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday after talks with the island nation’s new President Gotabaya Rajapaks...

Qatar provides $4.2m grant to Jordan to ease refugee burden

Qatar provides $4.2m grant to Jordan to ease refugee burden

-- 2019-11-29 11:41:43

The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has provided a grant of 4.2 million US dollars to Jordan to help ease its financial burden of hosting refugees. Under the deal signed by the Jordanian government...

Iraqi forces kill 45 after Iranian consulate torched

Iraqi forces kill 45 after Iranian consulate torched

Reuters 2019-11-29 11:41:09

Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 45 protesters on Thursday after demonstrators stormed and torched an Iranian consulate overnight, in what could mark a turning point in the uprising against th...

Lebanon loses $25b by hosting Syrian refugees

Lebanon loses $25b by hosting Syrian refugees

-- 2019-11-29 11:35:24

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Thursday that the country has so far lost 25 billion US dollars as result of hosting a big number of Syrian refugees. "The support that is provided to Syrian re...

Former Japanese PM Yasuhiro Nakasone dies

Former Japanese PM Yasuhiro Nakasone dies

-- 2019-11-29 11:23:11

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone has died at the age of 101, NHK television said on Friday, after a career during which he hobnobbed on the world stage with Ronald Reagan, and battled...

Ex-president of Maldives sentenced to five years in jail

Ex-president of Maldives sentenced to five years in jail

-- 2019-11-28 18:46:35

A criminal court of the Maldives found former president Abdulla Yameen guilty of money laundering on Thursday and sentenced him to five years in prison, the judge said. Yameen, who drew the Indian Oc...

Seven kgs of plastic waste found in dead deer's stomach in Thailand

Seven kgs of plastic waste found in dead deer's stomach in Thailand

Xinhua 2019-11-28 16:22:11

A national park in Northern Thailand on Tuesday posted on its social media page images of stomach of a dead wild deer filled with plastic waste and a piece of underwear. Officials from the Khun Satha...

China warns US of retaliation for law backing HK protesters

China warns US of retaliation for law backing HK protesters

Reuters 2019-11-28 10:43:41

China warned the United States on Thursday it would take “firm counter measures” in response to US legislation backing anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, and said attempts to interfe...

Vietnam's population to reach 104m by 2030

Vietnam's population to reach 104m by 2030

Xinhua 2019-11-27 16:13:26

Vietnam aims to have 104 million people by 2030, with an average life expectancy of 75 years, and minimum healthy life of 68 years, according to the population strategy recently approved by its govern...

China beats annual target for cutting carbon emissions in 2018

China beats annual target for cutting carbon emissions in 2018

Xinhua 2019-11-27 16:08:51

China's carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) were down by about 4.0 per cent in 2018, beating the annual target by 0.1 percentage points, an official said Wednesday. By 2018, Chi...

IS may shift operations to Southeast Asia, Malaysia says

IS may shift operations to Southeast Asia, Malaysia says

-- 2019-11-27 15:48:25

A Malaysian minister warned on Wednesday that the Islamic State militant group may shift its base of operations to Southeast Asia after the death of its leader, according to a media report. Authoriti...

UN confce opens with call to make gender equality a reality

UN confce opens with call to make gender equality a reality

FE Online Desk 2019-11-27 14:56:30

Over 500 ministers, senior policymakers, UN officials and civil society from across Asia and the Pacific region on Wednesday gathered in Bangkok to chart out priority actions aiming to support acceler...