World benefits from western China’s development
CHONGQING: Kebede Abera, consul of Ethiopia in China's Chongqing Municipality, believes western China will be the next main consumer of...
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Russian Aeroflot plane makes emergency landing in Moscow
The emergency landing reportedly happened shortly after take-off. A Russian passenger plane has made an emergency landing at a Moscow...
Traffic-free days begin in Edinburgh city centre
A number of Edinburgh's city centre streets are being closed to traffic under plans to reduce air pollution. The city...
Venezuelan military helicopter crashes, seven officers killed
CARACAS, Venezuela — Seven Venezuelan military officers were killed on Saturday when their helicopter crashed while heading to a state...
Gilani calls for boycott of sham polls in Occupied Kashmir
In Occupied Kashmir, Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Gilani, has urged the people to completely boycott the fifth...
China-Russia joint naval exercise concludes in Qingdao
China-Russia joint naval exercise concludes in Qingdao Naval forces paticipating the "Joint Sea-2019" exercise. A six-day joint naval exercise held...
Russian Navy to receive 40 advanced minesweepers by 2030
MOSCOW: The Russian Navy plans to operate about 40 Project 12700 mine countermeasures vessels by 2030, Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir...
Pentagon gearing up to cut Ankara out of F-35 program, acting chief says
WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defense is preparing to remove Turkey from a program on creating US advanced F-35 multirole...
HSBC first-quarter profit jumps as costs drop
HSBC has reported a 31% jump in pre-tax profits for the first quarter as it cut costs and incomes from...
Boeing 737 lands in Florida river
A Boeing 737 plane arriving from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba went off the runway into the St. Johns River in...
Putin, Trump discuss Korean Peninsula, Venezuela over phone: Kremlin
MOSCOW, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Friday discussed the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue and...
S.Korean FM holds phone talks with Pompeo over DPRK’s projectile launch
SEOUL,South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Saturday had telephone talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the...
Cyclone Fani: Indians shelter from cyclone’s onslaught
A powerful cyclone has slammed into India's eastern coastline, bringing torrential rains and winds of up to 200 km/h (125mph).Cyclone...
Fani will make landfall today morning around 9.30 am in Odisha’s Puri
The extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani will make landfall today morning around 9.30 am in Odisha's Puri, much before the...
Zelensky says Ukraine and Russia share only state border, have nothing else in common
KIEV: Ukraine’s President-elect Vladimir Zelensky has said it’s possible to search for a compromise in relations with Russia only when...
Pure Russian oil arrives in Belarus via Druzhba pipeline
MINSK, Good quality Russian oil reached the Belarusian border on May 2 via the Druzhba pipeline and is being supplied...
Life-saving kidney delivered by drone
A donor kidney has been delivered to surgeons at a US hospital via drone, in the first flight of its...
Fish leather’s nine times stronger than lamb or cow leather of similar thickness
"The first 200 times we just made smelly fish soups," Steinunn Gunnsteinsdóttir says.Ms Gunnsteinsdóttir is the sales manager of Icelandic...
Indian ‘ preacher’ Zakir Naik charged with money laundering
Indian prosecutors have charged controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik with money laundering.Mr Naik, who lives in exile, is accused of...
Beyond Meat: Shares in vegan burger company sizzle 160%
Shares of vegan burger maker Beyond Meat soared on their Wall Street debut as investors bet on the growing popularity...
AJK President asks Turkey to mediate for resolution of Kashmir dispute
President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan has asked Turkey to mediate for the resolution of Jammu and...
Love is blind: Thai king Vajiralongkorn marries ‘bodyguard’ making her queen
The king of Thailand has married the deputy head of his personal security detail, and given her the title of...
Cyclone Fani: Mass evacuations as storm moves up India’s coast
Thousands of people are being evacuated from villages along India's eastern coastline ahead of a severe cyclone.Cyclone Fani is heading...
PM performs groundbreaking ceremony of Mohmand Dam
Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Saqib Nisar performed groundbreaking ceremony of Mohmand Dam on Thursday...
16 police commandos killed in IED blast
Sixteen police commandos were killed in an IED blast by Naxalites in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra state today (Wednesday). Commandos...
Labour Day observed to promote dignity of labourers
International Labour Day was observed today with the renewed pledge to acknowledge and promote the dignity of labourers. The theme...
Secret of airport design
From a terminal’s colours to the security queue, here’s how airports are designed to keep travellers calm, quiet – and...
Wikileaks co-founder sentenced to 50 weeks in jail
LONDON, Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in jail here on Wednesday for breaching bail conditions.Assange was...
Black hole jets shoot out material at 60% of the speed of light!
Nearly 8,000 light-years away from Earth, astronomers have discovered a black hole that keeps rapidly swinging out jets of plasma...
China upgrades 5th edition of its currency
BEIJING, The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, has upgraded the fifth edition of the renminbi (RMB), the...
