MIL-OSI China: China hopes Japan will translate postitive remarks into actions: FM
Source: China State Council Information Office China hopes Japan will translate positive remarks on improving relations with China into actions, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers’ meeting […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Mongolia turns to Russia for help in protecting its forests
Source: China State Council Information Office Mongolia needs to better protect its little forest, and it wants to learn how to do so from Russia, the country’s parliament’s press office said Friday. Byambasuren Enkh-Amgalan, a Mongolian parliament member and deputy head of the Mongolia-Russia group made the remarks while meeting with a visiting Russian delegation […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Miscreants attack girls school in northern Pakistan: officials
Source: China State Council Information Office Officials in northern Pakistan said on Friday that miscreants attacked nearly 12 girls schools, causing damages of their buildings. No one was injured as the schools were closed during the overnight attacks. The attackers blew up at two schools while others were torched and ransacked in Diamer District in […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Russia prevents 19 terrorist attacks in first half 2018
Source: China State Council Information Office Russian law enforcement agencies foiled 19 terrorist attack attempts in the first six months of the year, a Russian official said Friday. The number of extremist acts decreased from the same period last year, said First Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Buksman at a meeting of senior prosecution officials. The […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: 35 killed, 70 injured in mosque explosions in eastern Afghan town
Source: China State Council Information Office At least 35 people were killed and more than 70 others wounded after two explosions ripped through a mosque in Gardez, an eastern town in Afghanistan on Friday, sources said. The incident occurred at around 1:30 p.m. local time when people were offering Friday prayers inside Imam-i-Zaman Mosque in […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: China to provide aid to drought, flood-affected Afghans: envoy
Source: China State Council Information Office Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has met with the Chinese ambassador who said China would offer assistance to drought and flood-affected Afghans, the Afghan Presidential Palace said on Friday. During the meeting on Thursday, Ambassador Liu Jinsong said China was ready to provide food and disaster management support to Afghans […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Russian lower house to hold pension reform hearings
Source: China State Council Information Office Russia’s State Duma, the lower house of parliament, will interrupt its summer holidays to hold “large scale” hearings on a pension reform bill on Aug. 21, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said Friday. “Given the importance of this bill, it would be right to discuss it thoroughly before the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Turkey detains 38 foreigners over suspected IS links
Source: China State Council Information Office Turkish police on Friday detained 38 foreigners in Istanbul for their suspected links to the Islamic State (IS), local media reported. According to the state-run Anadolu Agency, Turkey’s counter-terrorism units launched simultaneous operations at 12 different locations in the city to capture the suspects who were believed to have […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: S. African president calls for calm in Zimbabwe
Source: China State Council Information Office South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday congratulated the newly elected Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his victory and called for calm in that country. The South African Presidency released a statement on Friday morning, saying that Ramaphosa “also congratulated the people of Zimbabwe for conducting a peaceful election […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: Suspected al-Qaida gunmen attack UAE-backed Yemeni military base
Source: China State Council Information Office Gunmen suspected of belonging to the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch attacked a military base of newly-recruited Yemeni troops in the southern port city of Abyan on Friday, a security official told Xinhua. The security source, who pleaded to be anonymous, said that a group of gunmen, carrying sophisticated weapons, tried […]
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