XI’AN, Aug. 13 (Xinhua/APP) –:The death toll in a rain-triggered rock and mud slide in the suburbs of Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Friday evening, has risen to 21, with six others still missing, said rescuers on Sunday. […]
Jeddah Aug 13 (Online): Saudi Arabia appointed a non-resident ambassador for the Palestinian territories. According to the statement issued by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the current Saudi ambassador to Jordan, Nayef Al-Sudairi, will carry out this responsibility. He will also serve as the […]
Tehran Aug 13 (Online): The flag of Saudi Arabia was placed on the building of the Saudi Consulate in the city of Mashhad in Iran. According to a foreign news agency, the embassy of Saudi Arabia in the capital Tehran has started its activities after […]
WASHINGTON, AUG 12 (ONLINE): Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan has stressed the need for promotion of people-to-people linkages to strengthen economic partnership with the United States. Talking to Council Member Ms. Naila Alam in Washington, he said Pak-American community has a huge […]
Lille, France, Aug 12 (AFP/APP): Six people were killed when a boat carrying migrants heading to Britain sank in the Channel early Saturday, French maritime officials said, as a search continued to find those still missing. A spokeswoman from the French coastal authority Premar said […]
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (APP):Three UN agencies have appealed for greater access to safe and regular pathways for migration and asylum in the European Union after another deadly shipwreck claimed dozens of lives in the Mediterranean. The International Organization for Migration (IOM); the UN refugee […]
Bago, Myanmar, Aug 12 (AFP/APP): A baby slept peacefully under a mosquito net oblivious to hundreds of evacuated flood victims lined up for food at a monastery in Myanmar on Saturday, all waiting for water levels to recede before they can return home. Floods and […]
PARIS Aug 11 (Online): The number of new COVID-19 cases reported worldwide rose by 80 percent in the last month, the World Health Organization said on Friday, days after designating a new “variant of interest.” The WHO declared in May that COVID-19 is no longer […]
TOKYO Aug 11 (Online): As Japan moves ahead in its controversial plans to release treated nuclear waste into the sea, authorities have detected “higher-than-usual levels” of radioactive material in rainwater around a storage tank, local media reported. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said the […]
BEIJING, Aug 11 (XINHUA/APP):China on Friday earmarked 1.46 billion yuan (about 203.95 million U.S. dollars) to provide relief to people severely affected by recent floods and ensure their basic livelihoods, according to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management. The funds will […]
