Foreign
Former Malaysian PM Najib pleads not guilty, granted bail
July 4, 2018, 4:28 pm
KUALA LUMPUR -- Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was granted bail on Wednesday after pleading not guilty to corruption charges. Najib was charged with three counts of criminal breach of trust as well as using his position for graft in connection of 42 million ringgit (USD10.5 million)… Read More
Man arrested for plotting attack on July 4 holiday
July 3, 2018, 6:46 pm
WASHINGTON -- A US man was arrested and charged with supporting a foreign terrorist organization, according to court papers released Monday. The 48-year-old man, named Demetrius Pitts, was taken into custody by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the central city of Cleveland Sunday, and… Read More
Foreign journos explore China’s Guangxi province
July 3, 2018, 4:02 pm
GUANGXI, China – Some 45 foreign journalists from over 20 countries around the world participated in a three-day Overseas Media Tour organized by the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the People's Daily Online in the capital city, Nanning, on June 25. The foreign journalists, who were divided… Read More
47 die after bus plunges into deep gorge in India
July 2, 2018, 12:59 pm
NEW DELHI -- As many as 47 people have been killed after a passenger bus skidded off a steep mountain road and plunged into a deep gorge in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand Sunday, police said.The accident occurred on the Pipali-Bhoan motorway in Pauri Garhwal district, some 200 km from… Read More
5 dead, multiple injured in US newspaper shooting
June 29, 2018, 1:56 pm
WASHINGTON -- Five people were killed on Thursday afternoon with several "gravely injured" in a mass shooting at a local daily newspaper Capital Gazette in Annapolis, the capital city of eastern US state Maryland, police said. The shooter is in custody and is interviewed, local police said, but is… Read More
Malaysian police seize haul of cash, luxury items from Ex-PM Najib
June 27, 2018, 2:50 pm
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian police said on Wednesday they have seized cash and luxury items from premises related to former Prime Minister Najib Razak totalling between 910 million ringgit (USD226 million) and 1.1 billion ringgit (USD273 million). The counted items include cash in 26 currencies, 25… Read More
9 police killed in suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan
June 26, 2018, 5:51 pm
ASADABAD, Afghanistan -- Some nine police personnel were killed and three others wounded in a suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar Monday night, a local official said Tuesday. "A terrorist tried to make his way in an Afghan Local Police (ALP) camp in Babar Tangai area of… Read More
Flood, landslide fatalities increase to 7 in northern Vietnam
June 25, 2018, 5:13 pm
HANOI -- Flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rains during the weekend in Vietnam's northern mountainous region left seven people dead and 12 others missing, the country's Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Fight said on Monday. The dead people consisted of five… Read More
Erdogan, alliance win Turkish presidential, parliamentary polls
June 25, 2018, 4:38 pm
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his alliance at the parliament won in Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, state-run Anadolu Agency announced. Erdogan had 52.5 percent, with 98 percent of the votes counted in his bid for a presidency with… Read More
At least 3 killed, 176 missing as boat capsizes in western Indonesia
June 21, 2018, 4:38 pm
JAKARTA -- Rescuers have recovered three corpses and are searching for a total of 177 others, who remain missing after a passenger boat sank in Lake Toba of North Sumatra province in western Indonesia two days ago, a police officer and an official disclosed on Wednesday. Kapal Motor Sinar Bangun… Read More
Trump signs executive order to end family separations at border
June 21, 2018, 9:19 am
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump, facing domestic and international backlash, signed an executive order Wednesday to end the administration's controversial practice of separating migrant children from parents crossing the US border illegally. The move comes as the practice, as a result of… Read More
100 journos across world convene in Belt and Road forum
June 20, 2018, 9:09 pm
BEIJING, CHINA — Some 100 delegates representing various media groups from 50 different countries spanning 3 continents on Wednesday (June 20) formally convened at the International Convention Center of the Communication University of China (CUC), for the second round of the ‘Belt and Road… Read More
US announces withdrawal from Human Rights Council
June 20, 2018, 11:59 am
WASHINGTON -- The United States on Tuesday announced its withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council, marking the latest departure by the Trump administration from an international institution. US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the council had failed to conduct the… Read More
Mexico slams US border policy as 'cruel, inhumane'
June 20, 2018, 10:00 am
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico on Tuesday condemned US immigration policy that separates undocumented migrant children from their families as "cruel and inhumane." Foreign Affairs Minister Luis Videgaray also called on the United States "to reconsider" the policy that has separated about 2,000 Mexican and… Read More
Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive unaccompanied to Bahrain June 24
June 19, 2018, 7:15 pm
GO, SAUDI WOMEN. Saudi women run in a marathon, as their government has now allowed them to do so, aside from driving around the country and attending football matches. Saudi women have recently been empowered amid global criticisms for Saudi Arabia's human rights violations, including… Read More
Trump eyes US dominance in space with 6th branch of armed forces
June 19, 2018, 12:02 pm
WASHINGTON -- United States President Donald Trump announced Monday that he was moving to establish a space force as the sixth branch of the US armed forces. Trump, at a meeting with the National Space Council, has "directed the Department of Defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process… Read More
SoKor, US suspend major military exercise
June 19, 2018, 10:14 am
SEOUL -- South Korea and the United States have decided to suspend the Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) exercise slated for August, Seoul and Washington officials said Tuesday, amid dialogue efforts to denuclearize North Korea. Shortly after his Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un… Read More
3 dead, over 10 injured as 6.1-magnitude quake rocks western Japan
June 18, 2018, 2:06 pm
TOKYO -- Three people have been confirmed dead, including a nine-year-old girl, and more than 10 others have been injured as a result of a powerful earthquake that struck Osaka prefecture in western Japan on Monday morning, local rescue officials said. Japan's disaster management minister Hachiro… Read More
Kunming Fair bats for robust cooperation, win-win growth in Asia
June 15, 2018, 3:07 pm
KUNMING, China — Asian economic leaders called for a strong cooperation, further integration and win-win development as they gathered here for two investment extravaganzas, the 25th Kunming Import and Export Fair and the 5th China-South Asia Exhibition. Speaking during the opening of the Kunming… Read More
US, Russia exploring opportunity of Trump-Putin meeting
June 14, 2018, 2:49 pm
WASHINGTON -- Moscow and Washington are exploring the opportunity of a meeting between US and Russian Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Richard Hooker, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe and Russia in US National Security Council, told TASS on Wednesday. "I… Read More
