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mwaniki wanjiku | Jan 12, 2017 10:19 PM EST
Activists in Syria said they have given the United Nations evidence of alleged war crimes committed by Russian and Iranian-backed militias in the battle for Aleppo, Syria's second city. read more
mwaniki wanjiku | Jan 12, 2017 09:43 PM EST
Former United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon returned to his native South Korea on Thursday, arriving in the middle of an increasingly tense battle to succeed the country's recently impeached President Park Geun-Hye. read more
mwaniki wanjiku | Jan 12, 2017 09:56 PM EST
The United States government has deployed a high-tech radar to keep watch of potential long-range missile launches by Kim Jong Un's North Korean government in the coming months. This is the first US government response to Pyongyang's declaration that it has the capabilities to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile. read more
Theena Ocay | Jan 13, 2017 11:52 PM EST
China is investing an additional $40 billion in Nigeria's oil pipeline, according to its Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday at a bilateral meeting with Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama in Abuja. read more
Girish Shetti | Jan 12, 2017 09:31 AM EST
India's prominent political leader Rahul Gandhi is most likely going to skip his visit to China next week, according to reports in Indian media. The vice president of India's grand old Congress party returned back to his home country on Tuesday from an 11-day foreign vacation. read more
Girish Shetti | Jan 12, 2017 08:27 AM EST
Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday finally spoke over his opposition against the Chinese-funded project in the port city of Hambantota, adding that he is merely against the unfriendly terms and conditions included in the deal's agreement. read more
Steve M.C. | Jan 12, 2017 07:50 AM EST
Samsung Group Vice Chair, Lee Jae-Yong, arrived at the South Korean special prosecutor's office on Thursday morning for questioning over the firm's alleged corruption association in the political scandal that could lead to the historical impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye. read more
Desiree Sison | Jan 12, 2017 06:14 AM EST
Incoming US president Donald Trump's pick for the position of secretary of state on Wednesday told the confirmation committee hearing that Washington should deny China access to the artificial islands, reefs, and shoals after the latter has built in the disputed South China Sea. read more
Steve M.C. | Jan 12, 2017 08:01 AM EST
The Nigerian government has re-affirmed its position in the One-China policy and ordered for the immediate closure of the Taiwan office in Abuja during a joint conference on Wednesday. read more
Girish Shetti | Jan 12, 2017 12:58 AM EST
With India and Vietnam enhancing their military ties, China refuses to play the role of a mere spectator. Several media reports claimed that an anxious Chinese leadership is likely to exert pressure on Vietnam's communist party leader Nguyen Phu, who is slated to arrive in Beijing on Thursday. read more
mwaniki wanjiku | Jan 11, 2017 10:59 PM EST
US President-elect Donald Trump has conceded for the first time that Russia could have been behind the hacking of Democratic Party servers during last year's presidential election. read more
mwaniki wanjiku | Jan 11, 2017 10:31 PM EST
Days after President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow was scaling back its military deployment, Russia has sent more than a dozen jets to war-torn Syria. read more
mwaniki wanjiku | Jan 11, 2017 08:57 PM EST
Japan's Emperor Akihito could abdicate at the end of 2018 and allow his eldest son, Prince Naruhito, to ascend the Chrysanthemum throne. read more
mwaniki wanjiku | Jan 11, 2017 11:44 AM EST
Tillerson's connections to Russia have drawn a lot of criticism read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
