Japan’s Exports Jump In March
Japanese exports recorded their biggest gain in more than two years in March, official data showed Thursday, in a sign of optimism for the world's third-biggest economy. The strong result, which came...
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Chinese Investors Launch Oman Industrial Project
Chinese investors in Oman on Wednesday laid the first stone of an industrial zone in the sultanate's southern port town of Duqm under a $10.7-billion (10-billion-euro) development plan. Chinese...
China Renames Districts In Disputed India State
China has renamed six districts along a disputed Himalayan border region with India, in a move seen as "retaliation" for a visit by the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader, 81, had visited...
Muslim Leads In Jakarta Poll Against Christian Governor
A Muslim former government minister took a strong lead Wednesday over Jakarta's Christian incumbent governor in a divisive run-off election that has stoked religious tensions in Muslim-majority...
Sombre Mood As Iraq’s Yazidis Mark New Year
Thousands of Yazidis flocked to a shrine in northern Iraq to mark the New Year on Wednesday, in the minority's biggest gathering since it was targeted for genocide by jihadists. Wearing traditional...
Taiwan Denies Political Asylum Request From Chinese Tourist
Taiwan said on Wednesday it has rejected a political asylum application from a Chinese tourist, reportedly an anti-corruption campaigner who has spent time in a mainland prison. Zhang Xiangzhong...
Tense Run-Off Expected For Governor Post
Voters in Jakarta are choosing a governor in a run-off election, that has been called "the dirtiest and most divisive" in Indonesia. Polls suggest it is a close race between incumbent Basuki Tjahaja...
2017 World Bank/IMF Spring Meeting Kicks Off
The 2017 world Bank/IMF spring meetings are currently ongoing in the United States capital of Washington DC. The event scheduled from April 18 to April 23 is expected to host thousands of people from...
Kim Family Values On Show At North Korea Parade
Before tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians marched before him, along with some of the most fearsome weapons at his command, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and his audience were shown...
Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases Needs Big Pharma Push
Progress has been made in tackling diseases that blind, disable and disfigure millions of poor in tropical areas each year, but drug companies need to step up donations of medicines, the World Health...
US Again Puts Faith In China To Rein In North Korea
After a few days of saber-rattling, US President Donald Trump's administration has reverted to the same North Korea policy as its predecessor: relying on China to control Pyongyang. The USS Carl...
Key Leopard Population ‘crashing’, Study Warns
The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be wiped out within a few years, scientists warned on Wednesday. Illegal killing of leopards in...
Shooting At Egypt Monastery Kills Policeman
A policeman was killed and four more were wounded on Tuesday in a shooting outside St Catherine's monastery in Egypt's south Sinai, a security source said. The shooting occurred at a security...
Qatari Official Hits Out At FIFA Ban
A senior Qatari official who recently overturned a one-year FIFA ban said on Tuesday the case against him was "political" and may stand again for the all-powerful FIFA Council. Saoud Al-Mohannadi,...
Migration and Development. The Challenge of Our Time?
Migration and Development. The challenge of our time? Migration, as always, is of major concern to countries poor and rich By Dela Russel Migration, as always, is of major concern to countries poor...
Other Sports Have ‘bullies’ Too, Says World Cycling Boss
World cycling chief Brian Cookson said he didn't recognise dark accounts of a "culture of fear" in the British team but pointed out that sport is strewn with tough leaders who could be viewed as...
US VP Pence Near DMZ After Failed N.Korea Missile
Mike Pence arrived at the gateway to the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas on Monday, an AFP correspondent reported, in a show of US resolve hours after North Korea failed in its attempt to...
China and Nepal Begin Joint Military Exercise As India Is Watches On
China and Nepal began their first-ever joint military exercises on Sunday, a move likely to rattle India as Beijing boosts its influence in the region. Impoverished Nepal is sandwiched between China...
Philippines, US To Hold Annual ‘Balikatan’ Military Drills
The Philippine military said Sunday it would hold annual exercises with US troops next month, reaffirming its commitment to the alliance despite cooling relations under President Rodrigo Duterte. The...
Nepal, China Begin First-Ever Joint Military Exercises
China and Nepal began their first-ever joint military exercises on Sunday, a move likely to rattle India as Beijing boosts its influence in the region. Impoverished Nepal is sandwiched between China...