WELLINGTON, March 15 (Xinhua) — New Zealand’s Former Prime Minister John Key, who resigned suddenly three months ago, is to leave Parliament next month. Key said Wednesday he would give his valedictory speech as a lawmaker on March 22 and his resignation from Parliament would take effect on April 14. Key was first elected to […]

SEOUL, March 14 (Xinhua) — South Korean prosecutors plan to summon ousted President Park Geun-hye over the corruption scandal that led to her impeachment, according to local media reports on Tuesday. Park will be notified on Wednesday of when she will be summoned, an unnamed official of a special investigation team was quoted as saying. […]

JERUSALEM, March 13 (Xinhua) — Israel said Monday that a an anti-occupation activist from Britain was denied entry into Israel, one week after the Israeli parliament approved a law banning entry of foreigners who call for boycotting Israel. Hugh Lanning, chairman of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, was barred from entering Israel at Ben Gurion Airport […]

ISTANBUL, March 13 (Xinhua) — Fueled by the latest strong-worded controversial remarks made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, tensions are feared to escalate and spread from a rally row between Turkey and the Netherlands in the former’s relations with European Union members. The row has also led to Danish delay of a planned visit […]

THE HAGUE, March 12 (Xinhua) — Diplomatic tensions between the Netherlands and Turkey escalated on Saturday night after a convoy of Turkey’s Minister of Family and Social Policies Betul Sayan Kaya was halted for hours close to the Turkish General Consulate in Rotterdam. “I am being taken to Germany via the Nijmegen border with democratic […]