Beijing/Taipei, April 11, (dpa/GNA) – Taiwan’s Defence Ministry resolutely backed its right to self-defence, and released photos on Monday, showing its air defence remains…
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A Palestinian and Israeli killed in West Bank as violence erupts
Tel Aviv, April 11, (dpa/GNA) – The West Bank erupted in violence on Monday, as a 15-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli soldiers,…
China’s military simulates precision strikes against Taiwan
Beijing/Taipei, April 9, (dpa/GNA) - The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has simulated several precision strikes against “key targets on the island of Taiwan and surrounding sea…
Filipinos resume re-enactment of crucifixions in Good Friday rituals
Manila, April 7, (dpa/GNA) – Penitents were nailed to wooden crosses in the Philippines on Friday as Catholics resumed gory re-enactments of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and death,…
Pakistan army kills eight militants, loses soldier near Afghan border
Islamabad, April 6, (dpa/GNA) – At least eight Islamist militants were killed in a shootout with Pakistani army commandos near the Afghan border, officials…
Top Saudi, Iranian diplomats meet in China for fence-mending talks
Beijing, April 6, (dpa/GNA) – The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia met in Beijing on Thursday, Chinese and Saudi Arabian state media…
Clashes erupt at Jerusalem holy site for second consecutive night
Tel Aviv, April 6, (dpa/GNA) – Israeli security forces clashed with Palestinians for a second consecutive night at a Jerusalem holy site during a…
Gaza militants fire rockets into Israel after fresh Jerusalem clashes
Tel Aviv, April 6, (dpa/GNA) – Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip once again fired several rockets towards Israel after a second night of…
French president, EU’s von der Leyen meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping
Beijing, April 6, (dpa/GNA) – French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in…
Israel attacks targets in Gaza Strip after rocket fire
Tel Aviv/Gaza, April 5, (dpa/GNA) - Following rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Air Force shelled several targets in the Palestinian territory. Among them was…
Clashes erupt between police, worshippers at Jerusalem holy site
Tel Aviv/Gaza, April 5, (dpa/GNA) - Several people were injured in clashes that erupted early Wednesday at a Jerusalem holy site, raising fears of a dangerous escalation…
Turkey inflation at 14-month low; producer price growth eases
Ankara, April 4, (dpa-AFX/GNA) – Turkey’s consumer price inflation eased further in March to the lowest level in more than a year amid a…
Asia-Pacific economy to grow faster amid China’s reopening, ADB says
Manila, April 4, (dpa/GNA) – Economic growth in Asia and the Pacific is expected to accelerate this year, buoyed by China’s rapid reopening and…
Two children and a man killed by unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan
Islamabad, April 2, (dpa/GNA) - Previously unexploded bombs have gone off and taken the lives of at least two children and a man in Afghanistan, officials said…
Despite tensions, foreign ministers of China and Japan meet in person
Beijing, April 2, (dpa/GNA) - In the first visit by a Japanese foreign minister to China in more than three years, Yoshimasa Hayashi met his new Chinese…
Twelve die as temple floor collapses in India during Hindu festival
New Delhi, March 31, (dpa/GNA) – Twelve worshippers died and others injured, when a temple floor collapsed in the Indian city of Indore in…
Philippine ferry fire death toll rises to 29, 7 missing
Manila, March 31, (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from a ferry fire in the southern Philippines has risen to 29, with seven still missing,…
Philippine ferry fire death toll rises to 29, 7 missing
Manila, Mar. 31, (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from a ferry fire in the southern Philippines has risen to 29, with seven still missing,…
Ferry fire in southern Philippines kills at least 10
Manila, March 30, (dpa/GNA) – At least 10 people were killed, after a ferry caught fire in the southern Philippines, coastguard and disaster officials…
Pakistan praise after EU delists Islamabad as financial high risk
Islamabad, March 29, (dpa/GNA) – Officials in Islamabad on Wednesday, praised a move by the European Union to remove Pakistan from the list of…