VILNIUS, May 19 (Xinhua) — The Belt and Road initiative gives the world strong hope that a peaceful world is an achievable goal, said a Lithuanian expert. “Such a strong expression of China’s commitment to actively help build the world that engages in dialogues and friendship shows a peaceful world is an achievable goal for […]

KABUL, May 19 (Xinhua) — Eleven Afghan civilians were killed after a vehicle ran over a Taliban-planting roadside bomb in eastern Logar province Friday, a local official said. Provincial Governor Halim Fidai said on his official twitter account that the incident occurred in Zarghon Shahir area of the province, 60 km south of Kabul. Those […]

PARIS, May 19 (Xinhua) — French President Emmanuel Macron will on Wednesday discuss the state of emergency which has been imposed since the November 2015 Paris terror attacks, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on Friday. In an interview with RTL radio, Collomb said emergency rules to empower police to thwart potential terrorist attacks “will be […]

MANILA, May 19 (Xinhua) — The 12-day joint military drills between the United States and the Philippines wrapped up on Friday, with officials of allied countries claiming the troops stand more prepared to respond to terror threats and natural disasters in the region. Only 2,600 American troops and 2,800 Philippine troops, about half of the […]

TOKYO, May 19 (Xinhua) — Japan’s education ministry has begun an internal probe into allegations that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may have been complicit in a government plan to allow a heavily subsidized medical school to be opened at a university operated by his friend. Education Minister Hirokazu Matsuno told a press briefing Friday that […]

VLADIVOSTOK, May 18 (Xinhua) — The Klyuchevskoy volcano on Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted on Thursday morning and spewed ashes 6,000 meters into the air, the local emergency service said Thursday. The service said the aviation color code has been raised to orange, and tours to the area have been canceled. The ashes reached […]

YANGON, May 18 (Xinhua) — A Chinese naval fleet comprising three warships — Changchun, Jingzhou and Chaohu of Escort Task Group called at the Myanmar International Terminals Thilawa (MITT) in Yangon’s Thanlyin township Thursday morning. As its continuous voyage from Malaysia’s Penang, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) navy fleet will stay for four days […]

SEOUL, May 18 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump told South Korea‘s presidential envoy that he was willing to make peace through engagement with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) if conditions are right, South Korean media reported on Thursday. “Though we’re now at the stage of pressure and sanctions, he said he has […]