Category: Rest of World News
Russia: Russia and China advancing world vision that is fundamentally at odds with UN Charter: US
WAHINGTON: Russia and China are trying to advance a vision of the world that is fundamentally at odds with the one set forth in the…
Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hits Indonesia
HALMAHERA: February 24 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale occurred North of Halmahera, Indonesia on Friday, the National Center for Seismology…
Search on Philippine volcano confirms 4 died in plane crash
MANILA: Searchers who hiked the slopes of a restive Philippine volcano to find the wreckage of a plane that crashed over the weekend confirmed the…
Senate: Mexico’s Senate approves electoral reform bill
MEXICO CITY : Mexico’s Senate approved on Wednesday a controversial electoral reform known as ‘Plan B’, which President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador lobbied heavily for…
Putin: Putin says Xi to visit Russia, ties reaching ‘new frontiers’
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that China’s Xi Jinping would visit Russia, saying relations had reached “new frontiers” amid US concerns Beijing could…
Russia’s Duma votes to suspend New START treaty with US
Russia’s State Duma, the lower house of parliament, voted on Wednesday to suspend Russia’s participation in the New START nuclear arms treaty with the United…
Vietnam jails pangolin, rhino parts smuggler for 13 years
HANOI: A court in Vietnam has sentenced a man to 13 years in jail for trafficking nearly 10 tonnes of rhino horns, pangolin scales, and…
Russian refuseniks hide in fear to evade Ukraine conflict
The documents issued to Dmitry by the Russian military carry an ominous handwritten designation: “Category One. State of Health B”.It means he has been given…
Lanka to postpone local polls due to lack of funds
COLOMBO: Bankrupt Sri Lanka is set to postpone local elections due next month, according to a top official, prompting opposition protests on Tuesday that forced…
Russia: China diplomat says Russia ties ‘rock solid’; Xi may visit Moscow
MOSCOW: China’s top diplomat told one of President Putin‘s closest allies on Tuesday that Beijing’s relationship with Moscow was “rock solid”. China’s “no limits” partnership…