New Delhi, Sept. 8, (dpa/GNA) – The African Union is on the verge of joining the G20 group of major industrialized and emerging economies,…
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Clashes rage on in eastern Syria between Arab tribes and Kurds
Beirut, Aug. 30, (dpa/GNA) – At least nine people were killed in clashes on Tuesday between Arab tribe fighters and US-backed Syrian Kurds in…
Pakistan court orders release of Khan, suspends graft conviction
Islamabad, Aug 29, (dpa/GNA) – A court in Pakistan on Tuesday, ordered the release of former prime minister Imran Khan, after suspending his conviction…
Kim says US-South Korea exercises increasing risk of nuclear war
Seoul, Aug. 29, (dpa/GNA) – North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has accused the United States of making the waters surrounding the Korean peninsula…
First Beijing doping case: Iranian alpine skier tests positive
Beijing, Feb 9, (dpa/GNA) – Iranian alpine skier, Hossein Saveh Shemshaki, is the first athlete to test positive for doping at the Olympic Winter…
Israeli woman killed in West Bank attack near Hebron
Tel Aviv, Aug 21, (dpa/GNA) – An Israeli woman was killed in an attack near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, emergency services…
Roadside bomb kills 11 labourers in north-western Pakistan
Islamabad, Aug. 20, (dpa/GNA) – At least 11 labourers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in north-western Pakistan near the Afghan border, officials said on Sunday. …
Outrage in Pakistan over arrest of rights activist
Islamabad, Aug. 23, (dpa/GNA) – Police in Islamabad arrested prominent rights activist Imaan Zainab Mazari for an inflammatory speech against the country’s powerful military at a rally,…
Japan’s premier makes offering for controversial Yasukuni shrine
Tokyo, Aug. 15, (dpa/GNA) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo. The…
Typhoon Lan brings heavy rains and travel chaos to Japan
Tokyo, Aug. 15, (dpa/GNA) – Typhoon Lan lashed parts of central Japan with heavy rains and severely hampered the travel plans of people returning…
Japan’s gross domestic product jumps 1.5% in second quarter
Tokyo, Aug. 15, (dpa/GNA) – Japan’s gross domestic product expanded a seasonally adjusted 1.5% on quarter in the second quarter of 2023, the Cabinet…
China cuts policy rates as economic data disappoints
Beijing, Aug. 15, (dpa-AFX/GNA) – The People’s Bank of China slashed major policy rates on Tuesday as economic data suggested that the world’s second-largest…
Tensions high in Lebanon after Hezbollah, Christian villagers clash
Kahale, Aug. 10, (dpa/GNA) – A road accident followed by a shooting has led to the deaths of two people near Beirut and heightened…
At least one dead in South Korea after tropical storm Khanun strikes
Seoul, Aug. 10, (dpa/GNA) – At least one person died in South Korea after tropical storm Khanun damaged houses and triggered floods and landslides,…
Iranian heatwave prompts fears of hospital overcrowding
Tehran, Aug. 4, (dpa/GNA) - Iranian hospitals are preparing for a large number of patients ahead of the scorching temperatures forecast this week. A representative from the…
Beijing reports heaviest rain in 140 years
Beijing, Aug 2, (dpa/GNA) – The Chinese capital Beijing, has experienced the heaviest rainfall since records began 140 years ago. In one district of…
Controls on export of gallium and germanium go into force in China
Beijing, Aug. 1, (dpa/GNA) – Controls on the export from China of the key metals gallium and germanium went into force on Tuesday in…
Child dies after human-trafficking vehicle crashes in Hungary
Budapest, Aug. 1, (dpa/GNA) – A child being transported in a vehicle carrying irregular migrants died after the vehicle left a motorway south of…
Beijing area floods kill 20 as Doksuri brings extreme rainfall event
Beijing, Aug. 1, (dpa/GNA) – At least 20 people have died in the Chinese capital Beijing and the neighbouring province of Hebei after unusually…
Ceasefire at Palestinian camp in Lebanon breached after a short lull
Beirut, Aug. 1, (dpa/GNA) – A ceasefire that had been agreed among rival factions in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon collapsed on…