Hanoi Train Factory Fades From Glory
Built by the French to fix trains for their fast-developing Vietnamese colony, the Gia Lam factory later churned out weapons ...
Tag: Asia
Myanmar Child Servants Abused As Legal Protections Prove Elusive
Playing with a tiny kitten is the only thing that stops 13-year-old Myat Noe crying as she lies in a ...
Myanmar Scours Sea For 122 Missing After Plane Disappears
Myanmar's military was on Thursday scouring the waves for more than 120 people missing after their plane vanished flying over ...
Somalia ‘ready To Offer A Helping Hand’ To Solve Gulf Crisis
Other African countries have added their voice for a settlement of the crisis. Somalia has added its voice to the ...
Ghana’s Economic Transformation More Certain Than Before – Dzani
The President of Groupe Ideal Dr. Nii Kotei Dzani has stated that Ghana’s economic transformation is more certain now than ...
Trump Calls Qatar Emir As Efforts Build To End Crisis
President Donald Trump called Qatar's emir Wednesday and offered his services as a mediator in a damaging feud between the ...
Trump Offers To Mediate Qatar Crisis In Call With Emir
President Donald Trump spoke to Qatar's emir on Wednesday, offering US mediation in a crisis that has split Washington's allies ...
Turkish Parliament Approves Troop Deployment In Qatar
Turkey's parliament has approved a legislation allowing its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar. The ...
S&P Cuts Qatar’s Credit Rating One Notch To AA-
S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday cut Qatar's credit rating by one notch to AA- and put it on watch for ...
Kuwait Emir Holds Talks In UAE Over Qatar Crisis
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah met Emirati officials in Dubai on Wednesday, a day after holding talks in Saudi ...
Turkey’s Parliament To Debate Troop Deployment To Qatar
Turkey's parliament will debate on Wednesday a bill that would allow its troops to be deployed to a Turkish base ...
Student Death Sparks New Anti-India Demos In Kashmir
The death of a student killed by troops in Kashmir sparked new anti-India demonstrations on Wednesday. Hundreds of students and ...
Saudi FM Says ‘brother State’ Qatar Must Act To End Crisis
Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Wednesday that Qatar is a "brother state" and that punitive steps against the emirate were ...
US Coalition Strike On Pro-Assad Forces An ‘act of Aggression’
Moscow on Wednesday condemned a US-led coalition strike on pro-regime fighters in Syria as an "act of aggression" that targeted ...
Gulf Rivals Not Seeking Qatar ‘regime Change’
A senior Emirati official insisted on Wednesday that Gulf Arab states were not seeking regime change in Doha, as tensions ...
US Envoy Haley In Jerusalem Vows To Defend Israel At UN
US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley hailed a "new day" for Israel at the global body Wednesday as ...
‘Myanmar Military Plane Carrying 116 Missing’
A Myanmar military plane carrying 116 people went missing on Wednesday between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon, according ...
China Slams Pentagon Report On Overseas Military Bases
Beijing on Wednesday dismissed as "irresponsible" an annual US Defense Department report that predicted China would expand its global military ...
Moscow Says ‘zero’ Proof Russian Hackers Involved In Qatar Crisis
Moscow on Wednesday dismissed allegations that Russian hackers helped spark the diplomatic crisis around Qatar, after CNN reported that US ...
Gun Attacks and Suicide Bomb In Tehran, At Least Two Dead
Gunmen and a suicide bomber have carried out apparently coordinated attacks on Iran's parliament and the tomb of revolutionary founder ...