BERLIN, July 14 (Xinhua) — More than 3,000 Turkish citizens, including 209 diplomats and 205 state employees, have applied for asylum in Germany in the first half of this year, the Funke media group reported on Friday citing information obtained from the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). However, the most recent month […]

SOFIA, July 14 (Xinhua) — A joint naval exercise of eight NATO members began on Friday in Bulgaria’s Black Sea zone, officials said. The joint naval exercise Breeze involved 20 ships, one submarine, four airplanes, two helicopters and 1,700 troops from the eight NATO countries The Royal Navy’s air defense destroyer HMS Duncan, Turkish frigate […]

MOSCOW, July 14 (Xinhua) — Russia is ready to expel a number of U.S. diplomats and seize two U.S. properties here in a tit-for-tat response if no deal is reached at a meeting of senior diplomats of the two sides in Washington on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. “You know there was a […]

PARIS, July 14 (Xinhua) — Emmanuel Macron, France’s youngest president in modern history, on Friday celebrated his first-ever Bastille Day, or French National Day, with the usual pomp, military parade and flight show, commemorating the centenary of the United States entering World War I. Alongside his guest of honor U.S. President Donald Trump, Macron presided […]

BERLIN, July 14 (Xinhua) — The German government is placing high hopes in the UN global climate conference to be held in Bonn later this year, describing the event as the “most important climate conference since Paris” on Friday. Jochen Flasbarth, German secretary of state for the environment, said that the United States’ decision to […]

BAMYAN, Afghanistan, July 13 (Xinhua) — Many people outside Afghanistan may think that the militancy-plagued country is the breeding center of extremism and terrorist groups that export mercenaries to destabilize the globe but reality on the ground is different from whatever portrayed by militant groups. The insurgency-hit Afghanistan is a peace-loving country and the war-weary […]

HANOI, July 13 (Xinhua) — Some rare artworks, star rubies and antiques, including a 2,000-year-old bronze vase, will be auctioned here on Aug. 19, a Vietnamese auction house told Xinhua on Thursday. The intact bronze vase is 53.3 cm in height and decorated with embossed dots like toad skin, the No.5 Auction Company said, noting […]

LONDON, July 11 (Xinhua) — British Prime Minister Theresa May in a speech on Tuesday urged rival political parties to participate rather than just criticize her government. A year since she set out her vision on the steps of 10 Downing Street after becoming prime minister, May now leads a minority government, shored up by […]