BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) — The United States will send representatives to the upcoming Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao told a press conference Friday. The forum, scheduled for May 14-15 in Beijing, will be a high-profile international meeting on the Belt and Road Initiative since China proposed […]

COLOMBO, May 9 (Xinhua) — A group of Sri Lankan refugees returned from south India on Tuesday, the Ministry of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation and Resettlement said. A spokesman for Minister D.M Swaminathan said that 16 Sri Lankan refugees returned and were greeted by officials at the main international airport outside Colombo. The spokesperson said that […]

NEW DELHI, May 9 (Xinhua) — India’s top court Tuesday sentenced defiant judge of Calcutta high court Justice Chinnaswamy Swaminathan Karnan to six months in jail for its contempt, officials said. A seven-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar, said its order needs to be executed forthwith. “He has to be seen as […]

PARIS, May 8 (Xinhua) — France’s outgoing President Francois Hollande and president-elect Emmanuel Macron on Monday led a ceremony in central Paris to mark the 72nd anniversary of the end of World World II in Europe, known as Victory in Europe Day. Hollande kicked off the ceremony at the iconic Arc de Triomphe by laying […]

KIRKUK, Iraq, May 7 (Xinhua) — Five suicide bombers affiliated with the extremist Islamic State (IS) group and two Kurdish security members were killed on Sunday in an attack on a Kurdish military base near Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk, a local security source told Xinhua. The attack occurred at about 3:30 a.m. local time […]

PARIS, May 7 (Xinhua) — The two presidential candidates facing off in the final round of a watershed election for both France and Europe casted their votes on Sunday morning. Centrist former economy minister Emmanuel Macron arrived at a polling station in Le Touquet, north France, accompanied by his wife Brigitte, and casted his vote […]

NEW DELHI, May 4 (Xinhua) — Pakistani Marine Security Agency (PMSA) have arrested 30 Indian fishermen, India’s official broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said Thursday. The fishermen were captured off the Gujarat coast on Wednesday along with their five fishing boats. “All these fishermen have been apprehended by Pakistani security agency from the International Maritime […]