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Iran Rules Out Halt To Missile Tests As Tension With US Rises
A defiant Iran vowed on Saturday to press ahead with its missile programme and condemned new US sanctions, as tensions...
Ethiopia To Issue IDs For Rastafarian Community
Ethiopia's foreign ministry said Friday it will issue identification cards to Rastafarians, granting rights to a...
China Warns Botswana Over Dalai Lama Visit
Beijing issued a warning to Botswana Wednesday over its plans to host the Dalai Lama next month, asking the African...
China Defends Repatriation of North Koreans
China on Monday defended its repatriation of North Koreans who have escaped across its border after a United Nations...
Iran Rejects US Threats Over Detained Americans
Iran's government rejected US demands to release detained Americans on Saturday, saying it had no control over the...
Iran Slams ‘baseless’ Kuwait Claims Over Terror Plot
Iran threatened to reciprocate Kuwait's decision to expel most of its diplomats on Thursday, saying the accusations...
Pope Francis Unlikely To Visit India In 2017
Pope Francis is unlikely to visit India and Bangladesh this year as widely expected, a senior church official said...
Egypt To End Visas On Arrival For Qataris
Egypt said it would end visas on arrival for Qatari citizens as a dispute between four Arab states and the Gulf emirate...
Japan Says Time For Pressure, Not Dialogue With N.Korea
Japan on Monday downplayed South Korea's offer to hold military talks with North Korea, saying the priority should be...
Fate of Chinese Dissident’s Widow Worries Friends
Friends of the late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were worried about the fate of his widow on Sunday, with no signs that...
US-China Rifts Widen Despite Economic Headway
Three months after US President Donald Trump hosted a lavish welcome for his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at his...
China Pressures Botswana Over Dalai Lama Visit
China piled pressure on Botswana on Saturday over a scheduled visit to the southern African country by the Dalai Lama,...
China To Open First Overseas Military Base In Djibouti
Ships carrying personnel for China’s first overseas military base have set sail to begin setting up the facility...
N. Korea Likely Has More Plutonium Than Previously Thought
New images of North Korea's main nuclear facility show that the isolated regime has apparently produced more plutonium...
Family of China’s Ailing Nobel Laureate Declines Artificial…
The family of China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo declined to let doctors put him on artificial...
China Ships Troops To Its First Overseas Base In Africa
China has deployed troops to its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, a major step forward for the country's...
Chinese Doctors Scramble To ‘rescue’ Ailing Nobel Laureate
A Chinese hospital said Tuesday it was still scrambling to save terminally-ill Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, fuelling...
India Begins Search For Missing Citizens After Mosul Victory
India on Monday announced it will send a top minister to Iraq in an effort locate dozens of its missing citizens after...
Beijing Says US Apologises For ‘Republic of China’ Gaffe
China said Monday the United States apologised after Beijing officially protested a White House statement that...