Foreign
ICA adopts reso allowing foreign workers to bring family to UAE
July 31, 2019, 6:06 am
ABU DHABI, UAE -- The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, ICA, announced recently that it is adopting Cabinet Resolution No.30 for 2019 regarding foreign residents wishing to bring their family members and domestic helpers to the UAE, which changed the main condition of acquiring… Read More
Asean: Southeast Asian power engine
July 30, 2019, 2:14 pm
KUALA LUMPUR -- The 52nd Meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Foreign Ministers was held in Thailand on Tuesday (July 30). Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu represented Turkey which is participating in the meeting as a sectoral dialogue partner. ASEAN was established in 1967… Read More
Boko Haram kills 60 mourners in northeast Nigeria
July 29, 2019, 7:32 pm
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- At least 60 village mourners were killed by the Boko Haram terror group in northeast Nigeria during a burial rites. A local official confirmed late Sunday that motorbike-riding men, who are allegedly members of the terrorist organization, opened fire on dozens of villagers… Read More
Tunisian president dies at 92
July 25, 2019, 8:50 pm
TUNIS -- Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi died on Thursday at the age of 92 at the military hospital in the capital of Tunis, a presidency statement said. The Tunisian president died at 10:25 a.m. local time (0925 GMT) and "the funeral ceremony will be announced later," the statement said. His… Read More
Thousands forced to evacuate as floods hit Myanmar
July 25, 2019, 3:27 pm
YANGON -- Floods hit eight regions and states in Myanmar recently due to heavy rainfall, forcing 9,420 households to evacuate due to flood shelters, according to the Disaster Management Department on Thursday. The affected eight regions and states are Bago, Mon, Chin, Rakhine, Kachin, Sagaing,… Read More
China issues white paper on nat'l defense
July 24, 2019, 6:23 pm
BEIJING -- Chinese government has released Tuesday a white paper on its national defense policy amid the changing international security environment. "China's National Defense in the New Era", the 10th white paper on national defense and the latest white paper released since 2015, outlines China's… Read More
Experts say kids under 2 must have ‘zero screen time’
July 24, 2019, 3:57 pm
SYDNEY — The average time that children under two are spending on electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablets is getting out of control, according to new research by Australian health experts. Released on Wednesday in the Medical Journal of Australia, the University of Queensland study… Read More
Suspected arson at Kyoto anime studio leaves multiple people dead
July 18, 2019, 4:29 pm
TOKYO – A fire at an animation studio in the city of Kyoto, western Japan, left multiple people dead and more than 30 others injured, some of them seriously, local media quoted investigators as saying Thursday. According to local reports, 10 people who were found lying unconscious inside the… Read More
Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ sentenced to life in U.S. prison
July 18, 2019, 1:01 pm
NEW YORK – US judges have sentenced Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to life in prison after a court hearing here on Wednesday. US District Judge Brian Cogan announced the verdict at a federal court in New York City's Brooklyn borough. Cogan also added 30 years to the sentence and… Read More
Death toll of eastern Indonesia's earthquake rises to 6
July 17, 2019, 8:49 pm
JAKARTA -- The death toll of Sunday's 7.2-magnitude quake in eastern Indonesia has risen to six, with 51 others being injured, Agus Wibowo, spokesman of the National Disaster Management Authority (BNPB), said on Wednesday. The quake struck off Indonesia's North Maluku province, with the epicenter… Read More
Over 820M people hungry in 2018: UN report
July 16, 2019, 2:18 pm
UNITED NATIONS – World hunger is on the rise in absolute number and more than 820 million people were hungry in 2018, a UN report said Monday. After decades of steady decline, the trend in world hunger, as measured by the prevalence of undernourishment, reverted in 2015, said "The State of Food… Read More
NASA team maps California quake damage
July 15, 2019, 9:11 am
LOS ANGELES -- NASA's ARIA (Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis) team has produced a map of earthquake damage in Southern California from the two powerful temblors last week, said a latest release of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.The color variation from yellow to… Read More
SoKor to increase trade with ASEAN
July 12, 2019, 2:10 pm
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea will increase its trade volume with the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) in the years ahead, according to Lee Hyuk, secretary general of the ASEAN Korea Centre (AKC). In an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA) in his office here, Lee cited the… Read More
Train collision kills 10, injures more than 50 in Pakistan
July 11, 2019, 4:12 pm
ISLAMABAD -- A passenger train rammed into a freight train in Pakistan's eastern city of Rahim Yar Khan on Thursday morning, killing 10 people and injuring more than 50 others, local media reported. According to the reports, the passenger train was heading to southwest Quetta city from eastern… Read More
Death toll of PNG tribal violence reaches 23
July 10, 2019, 8:37 pm
SYDNEY -- Latest reports have placed the death toll of a tribal massacre in Papua New Guinea's Hela Province (PNG) at 23. Local television station EMTV reported that in addition to the 16 people violently murdered on Monday, seven people including four men and three women were killed in related… Read More
China shuns war in SCS: foreign ministry spox
July 10, 2019, 1:52 pm
BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang said on Tuesday China does not want any escalation of tensions that may lead to war in the South China Sea. In a discussion with journalists participating in this year’s China International Press Communication Center’s program, Lu said… Read More
California solon pushes more e-vehicles to combat climate change
July 9, 2019, 5:38 pm
SAN FRANCISCO -- A California assemblyman from San Francisco on Monday unveiled a bill, which would drastically reform the state's rebate program, to stimulate sales of more electrical vehicles in an effort to fight climate change. Assemblyman Phil Ting, who represents the 19th Assembly District… Read More
Qingdao port aims global edge through full automation
July 6, 2019, 1:02 pm
SHANDONG -- As the Chinese government accelerates its effort to bolster inter-regional cooperation through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Port of Qingdao in this eastern province in China has committed to making an edge in the world's cargo handling industry through full automation of its… Read More
6.4-magnitude earthquake hits Southern California
July 5, 2019, 9:03 am
LOS ANGELES -- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck 12 kilometers southwest of Searles Valley in the US state of California (17:33:48 GMT) on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 8.68 km, was initially determined to be at 35.70 degrees north latitude and… Read More
ASEAN welcomes Trump-Kim meeting in Panmunjom
July 4, 2019, 7:54 pm
BANGKOK -- Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday said that ASEAN welcomes the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on June 30. The ASEAN foreign ministers said in a… Read More
