SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday vowed not to run for presidency in South Korea, his home country, during an unscheduled press briefing in the parliament. Ban told reporters that he will give up his “pure will” to lead the country’s political change and the national unity, abandoning his […]

STOCKHOLM, Feb.1 (NsNewsWire) — Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday criticized the U.S. decision to ban entry of citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries as anti-Muslim bias. “It is deeply regrettable that the United States has suspended all travels from citizens of seven countries. That’s anything but good.” said […]

LONDON, Feb.1 (NsNewsWire) — The Japanese Embassy to Britain remained silent one day after a detailed media report said that it had been paying a British think tank to propagate against China. An official with the Japanese Embassy in London acknowledged on Monday morning that the Embassy had received an enquiry letter from Xinhua seeking […]

JERUSALEM, Feb.1 (NsNewsWire) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday backtracked on a statement seen as praising U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for a wall along the Mexican border, following strong protest from Mexico City. In a tweet on his personal account on Saturday evening, Netanyahu wrote “President Trump is right. I built a […]

TEHRAN, Feb.1 (NsNewsWire) — Iran said Tuesday that it has stopped granting visas to U.S. citizens in response to Washington’s recent travel ban against citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran. “We will not issue visa for Americans, but there will be exceptions for some whose cases will be referred to a committee which has […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night he has nominated judge Neil Gorsuch as the new justice for the Supreme Court, a move expected to meet with resistance from Democrats. “Judge Gorsuch has outstanding legal skills, a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline and has earned bipartisan support,” said Trump in his […]

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — Search efforts continue on Tuesday for the missing in the boat accident off Malaysia’s Sabah state on North Borneo. Ahmad Puzi Ab Kahar, director general of Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, said the operations would cover 3000 square nautical miles with planes and ships of his agency as well […]

MOSCOW, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — Russian Emergencies Ministry has sent an Il-76 plane to Chile to help fight with wildfires, the biggest in the country’s history, on the request of the latter, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday. According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s press-service, the Il-76 aircraft arrived in Santiago on […]

BRUSSELS, Jan. 31 (NsNewsWire) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said here Monday it is “not the time for change” concerning the sanctions the European Union imposed on Russia. “We have taken our decisions, these decisions are valid, and when we have to come back to these decisions we will do so. But this is […]