PYONGYANG, June 2 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday slammed Japan for launching a spy satellite, describing it as a revelation of its ambition for the revival of militarism. The Korean Central News Agency quoted a spokesman of the DPRK Foreign Ministry as saying that Japan launched a rocket carrying […]

BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) — China on Thursday said it encouraged and supported the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to actively conduct constructive dialogue and contact, as well as improve mutual trust. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks at a routine press briefing, when commenting on […]

BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent a message of condolences to his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Ashraf Ghani over the deadly car bomb attack in Kabul. The powerful car bomb exploded on Wednesday in central Kabul, where several diplomatic representative offices, official institutions as well as the Presidential Palace are […]

COLOMBO, May 31 (Xinhua) — The death toll in Sri Lanka’s devastating floods and landslides reached 202 by Wednesday morning while 96 people were still missing, the Disaster Management Center said. Sixty-three people were injured and seeking treatment in state hospitals while over 600,000 people have been affected. Severe rains and strong winds which lashed […]

KABUL, May 31 (Xinhua) — The number of the victims of the deadly terrorist attack that rocked Kabul on Wednesday soared to 80 dead and 350 others injured, Mohammad Ismael Kawosi the spokesman for Ministry of Public Health said. According to the official, the blast, which rocked the diplomatic area of Kabul city in the […]

KATHMANDU, May 30 (Xinhua) — Nepal’s government on Tuesday decided to ask the Chinese government and the China-sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for financial assistance for poverty alleviation program to be launched in 16 mountainous and hilly districts bordering China. “A meeting of Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF) chaired by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal […]

NEW DELHI, May 30 (Xinhua) — The High court in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday stayed federal government’s ban on cattle slaughtering, officials said. The Madras high court asked the federal and local governments to file their reply within four weeks. “The court issued notice to the central and the state governments […]

CAIRO, May 26 (Xinhua) — Gunmen opened fire on buses carrying Coptic Christians south of the Egyptian capital on Friday, killing 26 people and wounding 25, health ministry said. Some ten unknown gunmen in three four-wheel-drive vehicles, intercepted the victims’ two buses, on the way to St. Samuel Monastery in the Minya governorate, about 220 […]

DAMASCUS, May 26 (NsNewsWire) — At least 35 people were killed Thursday by U.S.-led airstrikes on areas in eastern Syria, a monitor group reported. The airstrikes targeted areas under the control of the Islamic State (IS) group in the city of Mayadeen in the countryside of Deir al-Zour province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human […]