China Launches Aircraft Carrier, Boosting Military Presence
China has launched a new aircraft carrier, boosting its military presence amid rising tensions in the region. It is the ...
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China Launches First Domestically Built Aircraft Carrier
China has launched its first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier, state media said Wednesday, as the country seeks to ...
Government Policy Will Make State-Owned Media Self-Sustaining
The Government is planning to transform state-owned media organisations to financially independent and self-sustaining institutions. The phenomenon of some of ...
White House Calls Senate To Briefing
In an unusual move, the entire US Senate is being called to the White House for a briefing on North ...
North Korea ‘ready To Sink’ US Aircraft Carrier Vinson
North Korea is "ready to sink" a US aircraft carrier heading for the peninsula, state media have said. A commentary ...
Rouhani In, Ahmadinejad Out As Iran Guardians Pick Vote Candidates
President Hassan Rouhani was among six candidates approved Thursday by Iran's conservative-dominated Guardian Council to run in next month's election ...
Rouhani Among 6 Candidates Selected For Iran Election
President Hassan Rouhani was among six candidates approved Thursday by Iran's conservative-dominated Guardian Council to run in next month's election ...
Vietnam Village Sealed Off As Hostage Crisis Deepens
A group of Vietnamese farmers who took more than a dozen police and officials hostage over a land dispute said ...
Iran Guards Member Begins Work As Iraq Ambassador
In a sign of the growing regional influence of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, a close advisor to its foreign operations commander ...
Iran Blocks Telegram App Voice Calls
Iran's judiciary has blocked newly introduced voice calls on Telegram, the most popular messaging app in the country, state media ...
Huge Bomb Kills Dozens of Evacuees In Syria
A huge car bomb has blasted a convoy of coaches carrying evacuees from government-held towns in Syria, killing at least ...
N. Korea Leader Oversees Special Forces Op As Tensions Soar
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has overseen a special forces commando operation, state media said Thursday, as tensions soar with ...
Evacuation of Syria Towns Begins With Prisoner Exchange
A deal to evacuate four besieged Syrian towns began Wednesday with an exchange of prisoners between rebels and government forces, ...
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam Officially Accepts Role As Chief Executive
Hong Kong's new leader Carrie Lam officially accepted her appointment as chief executive Tuesday in Beijing, state media said, after ...
Egypt’s Coptic Churches Hit By Deadly Blasts On Palm Sunday
Two blasts targeting Coptic Christians in Egypt on Palm Sunday have killed at least 42 people, officials say. In Alexandria, ...
At Least 15 Dead In Egypt Church Bombing
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered ...
At Least 13 Dead In Egypt Church Bombing
At least 13 people were killed Sunday when bomb blast went off in the vicinity of a church in the ...
Hundreds Leave Syria Rebel District Under Deal
Hundreds more Syrian rebels and their families left the last opposition-held neighbourhood of the central city of Homs on Saturday, ...
North Korea Blasts US Strikes On Syria, Says Justify Nukes
North Korea has said the US missile strikes on Syria were an "intolerable act of aggression" that "proves a million ...
Trump’s Syria Strike Celebrated By ‘terrorists’
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said “terrorists are celebrating” US strikes on a Syrian airbase. His comments echo the response ...