NEW DELHI, July 3 (Xinhua) — India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed quick reaction surface-to-air short range missile, officials said. The sophisticated missile with a strike range of 25 to 30 km, was test-fired at about 11:25 a.m. local time from a truck-mounted canister launcher from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in […]

YANGON, July 2 (Xinhua) — Myanmar is making efforts to put Mrauk U, a region in western Rakhine state with historical cultural evidences, on the list of world heritage sites of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The ancient Mrauk U temple zone will be the subject of a bid to UNESCO […]

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, July 2 (NsNewsWire) –Two civilians including a woman were killed and over a dozen others wounded Saturday as government forces gunned down two militants in a gunfight in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said. The gunfight and clashes erupted at village Brinthi-Batpora near Dailgam of Anantnag district, about 60 km south of Srinagar […]

BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhua) — President Xi Jinping said the non-governmental forum of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) will contribute to regional peace and stability, and common prosperity. The two-day meeting of the forum, which carries the theme “25 Years of CICA: for Asia’s Security and Development,” began Wednesday in […]