MOSCOW, April 17 (Xinhua) — Russia hopes the United States will not use force unilaterally against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. Earlier in the day, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said in South Korea that “the era of strategic patience is over” with the DPRK. “If […]

MOSCOW, April 17 (Xinhua) — A suspected organizer of a recent St. Petersburg metro blast was detained on Monday in the Moscow Region, Russia‘s Federal Security Service said in a statement. Azimov Abror Akhralovich, a Central Asian native born in 1990, has been caught in the Odintsovo District of the Moscow Region, said the statement. […]

SEOUL, April 17 (Xinhua) — The deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in South Korea was delayed to unspecified dates after the country’s presidential election ends next month, Yonhap news agency reported Monday. An unidentified senior South Korean government official was quoted as saying South Korea and the United […]

SEOUL, April 17 (Xinhua) — Visiting U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Monday that “an era of strategic patience is over” on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Pence made the remarks during a joint press conference with South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn who is serving as acting president. They held talks in […]

DAMASCUS, April 17 (Xinhua) — The international community has denounced a deadly car bombing that killed 126 people of a convoy of Shiite evacuees in northern Syria. The Saturday blast, carried out by a suicide bomber driving a booby-trapped potato truck, rocked the rebel-held Rashideen area in the countryside of Aleppo province, where buses carrying […]

SEOUL, April 17 (Xinhua) — Visiting United States Vice President Mike Pence and South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn agreed Monday to strengthen alliance of the two countries and take punitive actions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Pence and Hwang, who is serving as the acting South Korean president, held talks in […]

DUBAI, April 16 (Xinhua) — Dubai launched on Sunday the e-governance scheme “Smart Dubai 2021” with the objective to eliminate all paper works at government institutions as of 2021. In a ceremony launching the announcement, the Crown Prince of the emirate of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan said his government “will issue its last paper transaction in […]

BAGHDAD, April 16 (Xinhua) — Iraq on Sunday condemned the massive bomb attack on a convoy of buses evacuating some 5,000 civilians to government-controlled areas in Syria. “Iraq expresses its strong condemnation for the criminal terrorist act that targeted innocent civilians evacuated from the Syrian towns of Kefraya and Foah,” the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign […]