BERLIN, June 9 (Xinhua) — The leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) Martin Schulz has described the failure of conservative Prime Minister Theresa May to defend her party’s outright majority in the British parliamentary election as a “catastrophic defeat” on Friday. At the same time, he praised the leader of the opposition Labour […]

SEOUL, June 9 (Xinhua) — A flying object believed to be a drone of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was found in a mountainous area near the eastern inter-Korean border, South Korea’s military said Friday. The object, which was found at the hill in Inje, Gangwon province, was similar in size and shape […]

TOKYO, June 9 (Xinhua) — Japan’s Education Minister Hirokazu Matsuno said Friday his ministry will reinvestigate the existence of documents central to an ongoing scandal possibly implicating Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the government in providing a close friend of Abe’s with favorable treatment to open a new school. Matsuno told a press conference on […]

SEOUL, June 9 (Xinhua) — South Korea has formed an inter-ministry task force on the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) after President Moon Jae-in ordered a green audit of the THAAD site. Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-kyun told a regular press briefing Friday that the Office for Government Policy Coordination formed […]

TEHRAN, June 9 (Xinhua) — Top Iranian political leaders have gestured the United States and Saudi Arabia of being behind the recent twin deadly attacks in the capital Tehran. On Friday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that recent terrorist attacks in Iran will result in hatred towards the United States and Saudi Arabia. […]

LONDON, June 9 (Xinhua) — Theresa May will visit Buckingham Palace at 12:30 BST (1330 GMT) Friday to seek permission to form a new British government, despite losing her majority in the House of Commons, BBC reported. The Conservative Party leader, is attempting to stay in office on the understanding that the Democratic Unionist Party […]

BANGKOK, June 8 (Xinhua) — Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn appointed Admiral Pongthep Nhuthep as a member of the Privy Council, Thailand’s Royal Gazette said on Thursday. The appointment is effective immediately, the Royal Gazette added. Pongthep thus became the 14th member of the powerful advisory council. He was the former deputy permanent secretary for defense […]

ISTANBUL, June 8 (Xinhua) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent threat of responding militarily to any attack from northern Syria actually means a tacit approval of Kurdish fighters’ control over the area, though such an eventuality is widely seen as a national security threat to Turkey, analysts said. The presidential remarks confirmed that unless […]

GAZA, June 8 (Xinhua) — An Islamic Hamas movement’s official stressed on Thursday that the movement is very conscious not to line up with anyone in reference to the crisis between several Arab and Islamic states with Qatar. “Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, and the Palestinian resistance are careful not to do so,” […]