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Turkish military operation imminent in Kurdish-held Afrin in Syria

ISTANBUL, July 5 (Xinhua) — Following Turkey’s deployment of troops around the Kurdish-held Afrin Canton in northwestern Syria, many feel a Turkish military operation is imminent, a sense augmented by reported withdrawal of most Russian troops from the canton. Turkey has substantially increased the presence of its troops, tanks and artillery units around Afrin over […]

Russia’s nuclear submarine test-fires cruise missile successfully in Barents Sea

MOSCOW, July 5 (Xinhua) — Russia’s Project 949A submarine Smolensk has carried out a test launch of a cruise missile and successfully hit its designated target during combat drills scheduled in the Barents Sea, the Northern Fleet’s press service said Wednesday. “A Granit missile was fired against a marine target at depths of about 400 […]

Manchester Airport terminal 3 evacuated due to suspicious bag

LONDON, July 5 (Xinhua) — A precautionary evacuation is taking place in Manchester Airport Terminal Three after a suspicious bag was found there, the Sun reported. The airport confirmed that passengers are leaving the terminal while an investigation is carried out into the object.

Local leader of India’s ruling party arrested for rape after getting filmed kissing woman in bus

NEW DELHI, July 5 (Xinhua) — A local level leader of India’s ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) was arrested on charges of rape after getting filmed forcing himself on a woman in a moving bus and kissing her, police said Wednesday. The leader was identified as Ravindra Bawanthade from Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state. The […]

U.S. lifts laptop ban on flights from UAE

DUBAI, July 5 (Xinhua) — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Wednesday that the U.S. has lifted the ban of electronic devices on board of flights from the Gulf Arab emirate to the United States, Dubai daily Gulf News reported. Dubai’s government-controlled Emirates said the lifting of the ban which took place with immediate […]

China to build world’s most challenging railway

HENGDU, July 5 (Xinhua) — Breathtaking scenery and breathtaking dangers — both will face Chinese engineers as they embark on building the world’s most difficult railway. The Sichuan-Tibet Railway will be the second railway into southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. The line will go through the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, […]

Russian and U.S. presidents to hold bilateral meeting at G20 summit: White House

WASHINGTON, July 4 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump will hold an official bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the White House confirmed on Tuesday. Citing remarks by U.S. National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton, CNN reported that the first in-person meeting between Trump […]

Belt and Road exhibition on Xinjiang art opens in Bishkek

BISHKEK, July 4 (Xinhua) — “One Belt, One Road and Xinjiang,” an exhibition of works of art on paper made from the bark of the mulberry tree opened Tuesday in Bishkek, capital city of Kyrgyzstan, featuring Chinese calligraphy and painting. Wei Baoshan, senior secretary of the Xinjiang Academy of Chinese Painting greeted guests and showed […]

Afghanistan agrees to join Pakistan in anti-terror operations

KABUL, July 4 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told a visiting U.S. delegation on Tuesday that Afghanistan agreed with a proposal to conduct joint raids with neighboring Pakistan along the joint borders, monitored by the United States, said a statement issued by the Presidential Palace. A five-member delegation of the U.S. Senate, headed by […]