PYONGYANG, July 11 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Tuesday accused the United States and South Korea of intensifying war preparations after it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this month. “It was reported that the U.S. Department of Defense, much scared by the DPRK’s success of test-launch of ICBM Hwasong-14 […]

KUWAIT, July 11 (Xinhua) — Kuwait, the U.S. and Britain have called for “a rapid end” to the crisis between Qatar and its Arab neighbors through dialogue, the official KUNA news agency reported Tuesday. The call was issued at a meeting held late Monday by Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah with visiting […]

KABUL, July 11 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday once again called upon Taliban militants to give up fighting and join the peace process. “The time is running out and Taliban would lose the chance for talks,” the president said at a press conference here in Presidential Palace, adding the Taliban does […]

DHAKA, July 11 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Electronics announced recently that the Galaxy S8 and S8+ earned ‘Best Smartphone’ honors at the 2017 Asia Mobile Awards (‘the AMOs’), held each year to recognize game-changing mobile innovations at Asia’s largest mobile event, Mobile World Congress Shanghai. Organized in coordination with the GSMA, this year’s MWC Shanghai ran […]

DUBAI, July 5 (Xinhua) — The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt announced on Wednesday their receipt of the Qatari response to their list of demands, according to a joint statement issued by the four countries. “The four countries received the Qatari response through Kuwait before the end of the additional deadline, which came at […]

ISTANBUL, July 5 (Xinhua) — Following Turkey’s deployment of troops around the Kurdish-held Afrin Canton in northwestern Syria, many feel a Turkish military operation is imminent, a sense augmented by reported withdrawal of most Russian troops from the canton. Turkey has substantially increased the presence of its troops, tanks and artillery units around Afrin over […]

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.