MOSCOW, July 5 (Xinhua) — Russia’s Project 949A submarine Smolensk has carried out a test launch of a cruise missile and successfully hit its designated target during combat drills scheduled in the Barents Sea, the Northern Fleet’s press service said Wednesday. “A Granit missile was fired against a marine target at depths of about 400 […]

LONDON, July 5 (Xinhua) — A precautionary evacuation is taking place in Manchester Airport Terminal Three after a suspicious bag was found there, the Sun reported. The airport confirmed that passengers are leaving the terminal while an investigation is carried out into the object.

NEW DELHI, July 5 (Xinhua) — A local level leader of India’s ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) was arrested on charges of rape after getting filmed forcing himself on a woman in a moving bus and kissing her, police said Wednesday. The leader was identified as Ravindra Bawanthade from Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state. The […]

DUBAI, July 5 (Xinhua) — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Wednesday that the U.S. has lifted the ban of electronic devices on board of flights from the Gulf Arab emirate to the United States, Dubai daily Gulf News reported. Dubai’s government-controlled Emirates said the lifting of the ban which took place with immediate […]

WASHINGTON, July 4 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump will hold an official bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the White House confirmed on Tuesday. Citing remarks by U.S. National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton, CNN reported that the first in-person meeting between Trump […]

KABUL, July 4 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told a visiting U.S. delegation on Tuesday that Afghanistan agreed with a proposal to conduct joint raids with neighboring Pakistan along the joint borders, monitored by the United States, said a statement issued by the Presidential Palace. A five-member delegation of the U.S. Senate, headed by […]

SINGAPORE, July 4 (Xinhua) — Meng Hongwei, president of INTERPOL, called on all stakeholders to join hands in fighting against global threats at the opening ceremony of INTERPOL World 2017 in Singapore on Tuesday. Meng said the stakeholders who are accountable to international security, such as government officials, law enforcement officers, scholars, private sector operators […]

JERUSALEM, July 4 (Xinhua) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Israel Tuesday for the first-ever visit of an Indian prime minister in the Jewish state, in a sign of warming ties between the two nations. His three-day visit marks 25 years of full diplomatic relations between the two countries. He was accepted with […]

PYONGYANG, July 4 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) declared Tuesday that it has successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on the same day, hailing it as the “final gate to rounding off the state nuclear force.” The DPRK lauded the launch of the ICBM as a historic event in boosting […]