Asia

US announces first new North Korea sanctions since failed summit

WASHINGTON, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States sanctioned two Chinese shipping companies it says helped North Korea evade US and…

New Zealand prays, falls silent, a week after mosque massacres

CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Muslim call to prayer rang out across New Zealand on Friday followed…

Chinese president arrives in Italy, set to sign Belt and Road deal

ROME, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Rome on Thursday at the start of a…

Six dead as car hits crowd in China, police kill driver

BEIJING, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A car rammed into a crowd in centralChina Friday, killing six people and injuring seven…

Death toll from east China factory blast jumps to 44: state media

YANCHENG (China), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The death toll from a massive explosion that rocked a chemical plant in eastern…

New Zealand: Kiwi women don headscarves in solidarity with Muslim victims

CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand), March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Women in Christchurch wore makeshift headscarves as a statement of peace and solidarity…

Death toll in China landslide rises to 20

BEIJING, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Rescuers have retrieved the body of afinal missing person in a northern China landslide, bringing…

Bangladesh: ruling party AL, Chinese Communist Party ink MoU on boosting cooperation

DHAKA, March 22 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh ruling party Awami League and Communist Party of China (CPC) signed a memorandum of…

Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in Pakistan

Photo courtesy of Bernama ISLAMABAD, March 22 (NNN- Bernama) — Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad arrived here Thursday…

Blast rocks factories in east China

NANJING, March 21 (NNN- Xinhua) — An explosion ripped through an industrial park in the city of Yancheng, east China’s…