U.S. will talk to N. Korea soon: Trump
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 4, 2019, Yonhap. U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United…
Hong Kong government mulls anti-mask law, violators could face a year in jail
HONG KONG, Oct 4, 2019, Bloomberg, AFP. Hong Kong is expected to ban face masks…
Philippines is a ‘very important partner,’ Russia’s Putin says
MANILA, Oct 4, 2019, PhilStar. President Rodrigo Duterte and Russian President Vladimir Putin had an…
Kashmir is not a bilateral matter: Ambassador of Pakistan in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Oct 4, 2019, ANTARA. The Ambassador of Pakistan in Indonesia, Abdul Salik Khan, emphasized…
[Analytics] When drugs came to town: The Last Voyage of the Pong Su
The hulking cargo ship was floating so close to the Great Ocean Road shoreline that…
Two earthquakes rock Russia’s Far East
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Oct 4, 2019, TASS. Seismologists have registered two earthquakes near Kamchatka and Northern Kurils…
South Africa seizes 342 kg lion bones bound for Malaysia
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 4, 2019, AFP. South African officials have seized 342 kg of lion bones…
US plans tariffs on $7.5B of EU goods
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 4, 2019, Xinhua, China Daily. The United States plans to impose tariffs…
It’s IAIB’s chief Marat Kabaev who should lobby for changes in Russian laws for Islamic banking appearing: representative of IDB
SAMARA, Oct 4, 2019, Pan Pacific Agency. There is still no Islamic bank in Russia,…
New Tonga PM: ‘We need to be united’
NUKU’ALOFA, Oct 4, 2019, RNZ. Tonga’s Prime Minister-designate, Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa, says it’s important for the…
Pakistan hosts Taliban-US peace talks
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD, Oct 3, 2019, Pakistan Today. A delegation of Afghan Taliban was due in Islamabad…
US official promises to crack down on Russian meddling in response to Putin’s joke
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 3, 2019, TASS. The US has all instruments to counter Russia’s potential…