PARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) — Risks of terrorist attacks remained “at very high level” in France where Islamic State militants had struck the country several times since 2015, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Wednesday. “The terrorist threat carried by Daesh (Islamic State) remains at a very high level in France,” Philippe warned after a […]

JAKARTA, May 24 (Xinhua) — Indonesia and Switzerland plan to cooperate in manufacturing vaccines and drugs, a statement from Indonesia’s Health Ministry said here on Wednesday. Indonesian Health Minister Nila F. Moeloek met with her Swiss counterpart Alain Berset in Geneva on the sidelines of the 70th World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva. Both of […]

ANKARA, May 23 (Xinhua) — Turkey and German are working to resolve the dispute over Ankara’s rejection to a group of German lawmakers’ visit to Incirlik air base, German Ambassador to Turkey Martin Erdmann said on Tuesday. “We are continuing our work to resolve this saddening problem. I have visited Incirlik twice in the past, […]

JERUSALEM, May 23 (Xinhua) — In a strong pro-Israeli speech on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump called on to form a regional coalition of Israel and Arab nations against “terrorism” and “extremism.” In the final remarks at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, which concluded his first visit to the region, Trump asserted that a struggle […]

BAQUBA, Iraq, May 23 (Xinhua) — Two Iraqi army officers, including one senior, were killed on Tuesday in a bomb explosion during an operation against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a provincial security official said. Brig. Gen. Haseeb Ahmed, the advisor for Iraq’s Dijlah Operations Command, and a Captain officer […]

PARIS, May 23 (Xinhua) — The official campaign for the French legislative elections was launched on Monday, which will establish the balance of power for the next five years in the country. Whatever the result of the decisive vote, the victory of the Republic on the Move (LREM) party led by President Emmanuel Macron in […]

SEOUL, May 23 (Xinhua) — South Korea has planned to resume economic cooperation with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) when a nuclear issue makes progress, Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday. An unnamed unification ministry official was quoted as saying the resumption of economic cooperation projects between South Korea and the DPRK will be […]