China's "one country two systems" model of ruling Hong Kong has worked in protecting the city and must continue long term, says Xi Jinping.
The Chinese leader mounted a stern defence of the political system in a speech in Hong Kong, following recent (...)
The ruling by the United States Supreme Court against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, is "a setback in our fight against climate change", said the UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.
He was responding to a question at the (...)
Despite diplomatic engagements, restoring the so-called Iran nuclear agreement continues to be hindered by political and technical differences, the UN political and peacebuilding chief told the Security Council on Thursday.
In the landmark accord, (...)
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Hong Kong to mark 25 years since the former British colony returned to Beijing's rule.
It is his first visit outside mainland China since the start of the pandemic nearly two-and-a-half years ago.
He said (...)
Sri Lanka has suspended sales of fuel for non-essential vehicles as it faces its worst economic crisis in decades.
For the next two weeks only buses, trains, and vehicles used for medical services and transporting food will be allowed to fill up (...)
Nato has announced plans to massively increase the number of its forces at high readiness to over 300,000 troops.
The bloc's rapid reaction force currently has 40,000 troops at its disposal, with many of those based along the alliance's eastern (...)
Under the beating Tanzanian sun, Lossim Lazzaro nervously looks over his farm.
He slowly pours livestock manure on his crops, in a last-ditch attempt to help them grow.
Lazzaro owns five acres of land and was once a successful tomato farmer in the (...)
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina celebrated the opening of the country's longest bridge, which took eight years to build.
The 6.51-kilometer (4.04-mile) bridge spanning the Padma River cost an estimated $3.6 billion and it was paid for with (...)
While Russia's invasion of Ukraine is certain to dominate an upcoming NATO summit in Madrid, the alliance's new Strategic Concept — its main working document for the next decade — is having to contend with Russia and China's growing influence in (...)
The leaders of the Brics group of nations are meeting this year amid major shifts in the geopolitical order.
The group, which owes its name to the initials of its five member states — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — is holding its (...)
Just a few days ago, a statement was issued by the Saudi Royal Court that said: Upon the invitation of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, President of the United States of America, Mr. Joseph R. Biden will visit the Kingdom of Saudi (...)
At least eight Russian and Chinese warships have been spotted in the seas near Japan this week, another sign of the apparent pressure the two partners have been putting on Tokyo as relations deteriorate over Ukraine and Taiwan respectively.
Japan's (...)
Hundreds of thousands of people in China have been evacuated in several southern and eastern provinces after unrelenting rains caused floods and triggered landslides.
Two provinces upgraded flood warnings on Tuesday as rivers overflowed and (...)
A total of 29 Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan's self-declared air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday, according to the island's Defense Ministry.
The Defense Ministry said the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force planes were a mix of (...)
The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has announced the addition of two ports calls, Shanghai and Singapore, to the Gulf China Service (GCS), a direct weekly service launched by Pacific International Lines (PIL) to connect China with the Gulf area in (...)
A floating restaurant that was a famous Hong Kong landmark has sunk, days after it was towed away from the harbor where it operated for nearly 50 years.
The Jumbo restaurant capsized in the South China Sea while on its way to an undisclosed (...)
A 300kg (661lb) stingray caught in the Mekong river in Cambodia is the biggest freshwater fish ever documented, scientists say.
It unseated the previous record-holder, a 646lb (293kg) Mekong giant catfish caught in Thailand in 2005.
There is no (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday afternoon at Al-Salam Palace here, applauded the efforts of government agencies in implementing reforms and improving and developing business performance.
The lauded (...)
Saudi Ambassadors-designate to a number of countries and a new member of the Shoura Council on Tuesday took oath of office before Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at Al-Salam Palace here.
They newly appointed envoys who took the oath (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held on Tuesday afternoon at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah.
At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on (...)
Russia has become China's biggest supplier of oil as the country sold discounted crude to Beijing amid sanctions over the Ukraine war.
Imports of Russian oil rose by 55% from a year earlier to a record level in May.
China has ramped up purchases of (...)
The Deputy Head of the Office of Thai Pilgrims Affairs Basri Tatif praised the Kingdom's measures taken to receive Thai pilgrims during this year's Hajj, as the first group of the Thai pilgrims arrived in Makkah from Madinah.
He stressed that the (...)
Deputy Head of the Office of Thai Pilgrims Affairs Basri Tatif praised the Kingdom's measures taken to receive Thai pilgrims during this year's Hajj, as the first group of them has arrived in Makkah from Madinah.
He stressed that the Thai pilgrims (...)
The World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday began distributing food vouchers to pregnant women in underserved districts of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, marking the start of the UN agency's emergency response in the country, which is facing its (...)
