New Zealand will make an initial contribution of 500,000 NZ dollars (360,886 U.S. dollars) to help with the emergency response following the 7.5-magnitude earthquake in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands region last Monday, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Monday.
China not to export “Chinese model”: spokesperson
The Nigerian government on Sunday said that 110 schoolgirls are unaccounted for following an attack by terror group Boko Haram on an all-girl college in the northeastern state of Yobe.
Sweden and the United States are to compete for the title in men’s curling after beating Switzerland and Canada respectively here Thursday evening at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
Up to 47 anti-government militants have been killed in the eastern and northern regions of Afghanistan over the past 24 hours as the government forces have stepped up operations against armed militants in the war-battered country, officials said Saturday.
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to approve the publication of a controversial classified memo alleging the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Justice Department abused its surveillance powers during the Russia probe, local media reported.
China and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Friday signed a 4-million-U.S.-dollar agreement to support the recovery of Pakistan’s remote area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan that have been affected by natural and human-made crises.
Amid critical Brexit negotiations, a new era for “Global Britain” is being unveiled, which has set a stage for British Prime Minister Theresa May’s visit to China, offering an opportunity to shift the China-Britain “Golden Era” into a higher gear.
The deadly suicide attack conducted by Taliban outfit in downtown Kabul on Saturday that claimed nearly 100 lives and injured more than 160 others has shocked Afghans from all walks of life and sent a message of more attacks expected, Afghan observers say.
Cypriots voted on Sunday in a presidential election which is said to be critical for the resumption of stalled peace negotiations for the reunification of Cyprus.