China
China says Nobel laureate cremated and his wife is ‘free’
World
July 15, 2017
China says Nobel laureate cremated and his wife is ‘free’
Deceased Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo was cremated on Saturday and his wife is “free,” a government official…
UN envoy calls for end of civil war in Yemen as famine, cholera prevail
Middle East
July 13, 2017
UN envoy calls for end of civil war in Yemen as famine, cholera prevail
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, UN envoy for the nation, called on all parties “to act for the sake of peace,”…
China says ‘responsibility theory’ on North Korea has to stop
World
July 11, 2017
China says ‘responsibility theory’ on North Korea has to stop
China hit back on Tuesday in unusually strong terms after receiving repeated calls from the United States to put more…
Azhar coordinates with security to release detained Uyghur students
Egypt
July 9, 2017
Azhar coordinates with security to release detained Uyghur students
Sources within Al-Azhar University said that coordination with security personnel is ongoing, in order to release some Uyghur detainees confirmed as…
Azhar says no Uyghur students arrested from campus, fellow institutions
Egypt
July 8, 2017
Azhar says no Uyghur students arrested from campus, fellow institutions
Azhar, the world’s foremost Sunni Islam institution, denied that any of their Uyghur students has been arrested on the university…
N. Korea vows more ‘gift packages’ of missile tests for US
World
July 5, 2017
N. Korea vows more ‘gift packages’ of missile tests for US
Grinning broadly, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delighted in the global furor created by his nation’s first launch of…
Trump: US patience with the North Korean regime ‘is over’
World
July 1, 2017
Trump: US patience with the North Korean regime ‘is over’
President Donald Trump, speaking alongside South Korean President Moon Jae-in, declared Friday US patience with the North Korean regime “is…
U.S. plans to sell Taiwan about $1.42 bn in arms
World
June 30, 2017
U.S. plans to sell Taiwan about $1.42 bn in arms
The United States plans to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion in arms, the first such sale under the administration of Donald…
China’s Xi tells Hong Kong he seeks ‘far-reaching future’
World
June 29, 2017
China’s Xi tells Hong Kong he seeks ‘far-reaching future’
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday China would work to ensure a “far-reaching future” for Hong Kong’s autonomy, but…
China’s Lianghekou dam will drown ancestral homes and revered Buddhist monasteries
Environment
June 27, 2017
China’s Lianghekou dam will drown ancestral homes and revered Buddhist monasteries
Towering walls of concrete entomb lush forests on mountainsides in southwest China as workers toil on the dry riverbed below,…