SYDNEY, April 3 (Xinhua) — At least two people were confirmed dead, and six others were missing after Cyclone Debbie caused massive flood in east Australia. Three men remained missing in the state of Queensland and another three people, including a child, were feared dead after their car was swept away by flood waters near […]

ANKARA, April 3 (Xinhua) — Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Sunday that 113,260 have been arrested and 47,155 remanded over suspected links to the Gulen movement since the July 2016 coup attempt. Among the remanded are 10,732 police officers, 7,643 soldiers, 168 generals, 2,575 judges and prosecutors, 26,177 civilians and 208 local administrators, […]

MOSCOW, April 3 (Xinhua) — Russian and Belarussian experts Monday started a five-day observation flight over the Polish territory, a Russian official said. The flight, with a maximum range of up to 1,400 km, will be carried out along the coordinated route by a Russian An-30B jet in accordance with the Treaty on Open Skies, […]

BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) — China’s environmental inspectors intensified pollution checks around Beijing as a new round of smog hit the region. The new round of air pollution will continue in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region between April 3 and 7, with the cities of Tianjin, Tangshan, Langfang, Puyang and Anyang issuing orange alerts, the second highest […]

CHICAGO, April 3 (Xinhua) — In the hinterland of the United States and on the upper reaches of the Mississippi River lies a small city — Muscatine. It may be unknown to many Americans, but it has become a household name in China thanks to its special connection with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “FRIENDSHIP IS […]

ISLAMABAD, April 1 (Xinhua) — The Pakistan army said Saturday that a civilian was injured in an Indian firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region. A military statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations said that the civilian was injured due to the “unprovoked firing” in Chirikot sector by Indian forces. […]

GENEVA, Apr. 1 (NsNewsWire) — The fifth and latest round of Syria peace talks ended Friday, with the UN special envoy for Syria lauding the engagement of rival delegations participating in negotiations seeking to broker a political end to the six-year conflict. “We are in a moment of pushing ahead an agenda. The work that […]

WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 (NsNewsWire) — The U.S. government announced Friday sanctions on one entity and 11 individuals for their links to the nuclear and missile programs by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). “Today’s action targets North Korean nationals working as agents of the regime in Russia, China, Vietnam, and Cuba to provide financial […]