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.

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 […]