(Xinhua/KCNA) (dzl) Seoul, Jan 18 (IANS) North Korea has sent around one million propaganda leaflets across the border into South Korea amid mounting tensions after Pyongyang’s claim of its first hydrogen bomb test. North Korean…
Berlin, Jan 18 (AFP) Three of the four US citizens freed by Iran in a prisoner swap have arrived in Germany, a US official said, where they were expected at an American military base. The…
Geneva, Jan 17 (AFP) A Swiss plane carrying American prisoners released by Iran has landed in Geneva, a US official said today. “Overwhelmed to greet Jason #Rezaian, his wife, Yegi, mother, Mary + Saeed #Abedini…
Washington, Jan 17 (AFP) The United States is to repay Iran a USD 400 million debt and USD 1.3 billion in interest dating to the Islamic revolution, Secretary of State John Kerry said today. The…
Jerusalem, Jan 17 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country would continue to monitor Iran, a day after the announcement of the implementation of the nuclear deal between world powers and Tehran. “Israel…
\Tehran, Jan 17 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday hailed the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions on Tehran by the US and EU after the UN nuclear watchdog confirmed Tehran’s commitments to the deal struck…
Taipei, Jan 17 (IANS) Tsai Ing-wen, candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), won Taiwan’s leadership election on Saturday, according to the final result of ballot counting released by the island’s election commission. In a…
Washington, Jan 17 (AFP) The United States has implemented its side of the Iran nuclear deal, lifting a raft of sanctions imposed on Tehran to rein in its weapons program, Secretary of State John Kerry…
Washington, Jan 16 (AFP) Iran’s surprise release of four Americans put US Republicans critical of President Barack Obama’s engagement with Tehran on the back foot today. Republican White House hopefuls who have lambasted Obama for…
Tehran, Jan 16 (IANS) Sanctions imposed on Iran by the European Union, the US and the UN are expected to be lifted later Saturday after confirmation of Iran’s fulfilment of commitments to denuclearization, said Foreign…
EFE / Rodong Sinmun / EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES / it PROHIBITED IN SOUTH KOREA Seoul, Jan 16 (AP) North Korea said it could stop its nuclear tests in exchange for signing a…
Taipei, Jan 16 (AFP) Polls opened in Taiwan today with the island expected to elect its first female president in a historic vote likely to end eight years of closer China ties. The boisterous democracy…
Islamabad, Jan 15 (IANS) Muslim countries must confront religious extremism without drawing a line between “good” and “bad” militants, a Pakistani newspaper said on Friday. “Unfortunately, some Muslim states have either looked away as extremist…
Guatemala City, Jan 14 (AFP) Jimmy Morales, a former TV comic elected Guatemala’s new president on a wave of public revulsion against widespread graft, was to take office today in a ceremony attended by leaders…
Tehran, Jan 14 (IANS) Iran has removed the core of its Arak heavy water reactor as the major step toward removal of international and western sanctions against the country, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of the Atomic…
NANGARHAR, Jan. 13, 2016 (Xinhua) — Afghan security forces inspect the blast site in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 13, 2016. At least seven people, including four police personnel, were killed in an attack near the…
Kathmandu, Jan 13 (IANS) Nepal’s last monarch Gyanendra Shah has not paid his electricity dues for the last 10 years, the state-owned Nepal Electricity Authority said on Wednesday. Gyanendra, after vacating the Narayan Hiti Royal…
Kim Jong -un. EFE / Rodong Sinmun / EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES / it PROHIBITED IN SOUTH KOREA Seoul, Jan 13 (AFP) North Korea’s “successful” submarine-launched ballistic missile test last month was, in…
Leipzig (Germany), Jan 12 (AFP) Thousands of far-right protesters have rallied in the eastern German city of Leipzig against the record refugee influx they blamed for sexual violence against women at New Year’s Eve festivities….
Berlin, Jan 11 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been forced to modify her liberal stance towards refugees, after a spate of assaults on women during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Cologne city, blamed on…