Ottawa [Canada], April 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly announced Monday that Canada is imposing new sanctions on Russian defence sector.
Beijing [China], April 11 (ANI): The systematic Uyghur genocide by Chinese authorities in Xinjiang characterizes the human rights abuses committed by China against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities, said a media report.
Beijing [China], April 11 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko may meet on the sidelines of a regional forum in September for face-to-face talks on bilateral issues, the Belarusian ambassador in Beijing said on Sunday.
Tehran [Iran], April 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Iranian lawmakers on Sunday demanded the United States provide a legal guarantee that prevents future US governments from quitting a possible agreement aimed at salvaging the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actio
Paris [France], April 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Three people were killed in the crash of a light aircraft on Sunday near Saint-Brieuc Airport in France's northwestern region of Brittany, local media reported.
Moscow [Russia], April 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Russian government said Sunday that it has raised its reserve fund by 273.4 billion rubles (3.4 billion US dollars) to ensure economic stability in the face of external sanctions.
Beijing [China], April 10 (ANI): As many as 100 Uyghur residents of a small village in China's Xinjiang have been imprisoned by the Chinese authorities, said a media report citing a security guard from the area.
Wellington [New Zealand], April 10 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand has recorded 6,718 new community cases of COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday.
Washington [US], April 10 (ANI): Human rights activists, labour leaders and others have urged the United States to cast a wide net to stop imports of products made with forced labour in China's Xinjiang region.
Beijing [China], April 9 (ANI): Going forward with Xi Jinping's goal of making the country a 'major power with pioneering global influence' by 2049, China has been leveraging its technological prowess and geopolitical heft to shape the global technological environment and standards to serve
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], April 9 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 17 people were killed when a transport bus carrying them overturned in Ethiopia's central Oromia regional state, local officials said on Saturday.
Baghdad [Iraq], April 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and another wounded Saturday in an attack by the militants of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a security source said.