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Fighting displaces over 31,000 people in Syria’s Aleppo: UN agencies

GENEVA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — Some 31,500 civilians have been displaced within Aleppo since fighting between warring factions escalated on Nov. 24, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported Friday. Over half (18,000) of those who have been forced to flee their homes have done so to Jibreen, a government-held district of […]

Nearly 80,000 flee Iraq’s Mosul as fighting rages: IOM

GENEVA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — Some 77,826 civilians have fled Mosul and its adjacent districts since Iraq’s military operations to recapture Mosul, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported Friday. “We are deeply concerned about both the displaced and host communities’ ability to cope with the winter weather,” IOM Iraq Chief of Mission Thomas Lothar […]

Iran says U.S. extension of sanctions violates nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry said Friday that the U.S. Senate’s vote to extend sanctions against the Islamic republic is a violation of an international deal on Tehran’s nuclear issue clinched in July 2015. “As it was repeatedly announced by senior Iranian officials, the recent decision by the U.S. House of […]

Russian president underscores economic growth in state of union address

MOSCOW, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday stressed the importance of economic growth, saying development is the top priority of the country. While giving his annual state of the union speech to the Federal Assembly, Putin addressed the full scope of domestic and foreign issues, as well as the outlines for […]

Political turmoil in S. Korea adds to concerns over faltering economy

SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — Political turmoil in South Korea, triggered by a scandal involving President Park Geun-hye, adds to concerns over the already faltering economy, heralding a drawn-out slump in the absence of economic control tower. Real gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.6 percent in the July-September quarter compared with the previous quarter, staying […]

Dhaval Color Chem (DCC) Launches Bangladesh Operation

DHAKA, Nov. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Dhaval Color Chem (DCC) Print Vision LLP is one of the most trusted names in the textile printing industry with a wide distributing network having 40 years of proven experience in this sector with one stop solution in Asian countries. The first and foremost printing studio of DCC has been […]

Arrest warrant issued against 30 Bangladeshi opposition leaders, activists

DHAKA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — A court in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has issued the arrest warrant for 30 leaders and activists of ex-Prime Minsiter Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 20-party alliance in a case filed for torching a vehicle during an anti-government demonstration. Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah of Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court issued the […]

Silk Road offering new opportunities for football in China and Spain

MADRID, Nov. 29 (NsNewsWire) — With clubs such as FC Barcelona and Real Madrid and boasting players such as Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the Spanish Football League (LFP) is arguably the most attractive in the world. Speaking to Xinhua, LFP President, Javier Tebas explained “La Liga” is much more than Barca and Madrid as […]

China must work to render THAAD void: Global Times

According to reports, Japan’s defense ministry is planning to set up a team headed by Deputy Defense Minister Kenji Wakamiya to discuss adopting the US-developed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system. Given North Korea’s frequent ballistic missile tests this year, Japan plans to hammer out a blueprint for the deployment before summer […]