NEW DELHI, May 25 (Xinhua) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the country’s longest river bridge — the Dhola-Sadia Bridge — in the northeastern state of Assam on Friday. Launched a decade ago, the three-lane, 9.15-kilometre-long bridge that has been built over Lohit river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra river, is among a […]

LONDON, May 25 (Xinhua) — With police and security services Thursday continuing to pursue the terror gang that brought horror to Manchester, academics zoomed in for the reasons why Britain became a target. Its role, alongside its close ally the U.S. as a superpower, a member of the coalition using RAF jets to pound ISIS […]

LONDON, May 24 (Xinhua) — Armed soldiers have been deployed guarding Buckingham Palace, 10 Downing Street, the Houses of Parliament and foreign embassies, police in the British capital said Wednesday. The announcement came as police in Manchester announced that three men had been arrested in the city as part of their inquiries into the Monday […]

KATHMANDU, May 24 (Xinhua) — Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal announced his resignation from the post during a special address to the nation on Wednesday afternoon. With this, Dahal’s ten-month-long tenure has come to an end. In his state address, the prime minister, who is better known as “Prachanda,” informed that his party will […]

LONDON, May 23 (Xinhua) — A total of 22 people, including children, were killed and 59 others injured in a suicide terror attack at Manchester Arena Monday night, police announced on Tuesday. “We have been treating this as a terrorist incident and we believe that the attack last night was conducted by one man. The […]

SEOUL, May 23 (Xinhua) — Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday appeared in a Seoul court for her first hearing over a set of corruption charges. Park, handcuffed and in a dark blue suit, got off a police bus and was escorted by correctional officials into the Seoul Central District Court, TV footage […]

TEHRAN, May 19 (Xinhua) — Iran’s presidential election began on Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. local time (0330 GMT) as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cast his vote in the ballot box. Khamenei urged the Iranians to go to the polling stations for the vote at the earliest time. The election of the president is […]

BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump departs from Washington for the Middle East on Friday in his first overseas visit since he took office in January. Embroiled in rolling scandals at home, he can expect a welcome in Saudi Arabia and Israel, which have been lobbying for U.S. support for their policies […]