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Putin opens Russian Parliamentary elections

Moscow, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin opened Friday’s parlimentary elections by voting online, as one-fifth of the 111 million eligible Russian voters have...

Trump grants visa for Iranian president to attend UN General Assembly in New York

Washington, US — The administration of the United States president DonaldTrump announced on Thursday that it has authorized an Iranian delegation led by President...

Pakistan warns Iran to rein in Houthis as strikes on Saudi Arabia escalate

Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan has reportedly warned Iran to use its influence to rein in Yemen’s Houthi movement after a series of Houthi attacks...

South Korean president Lee to visit France for Lumière summit, hold film talks with Macron

Seoul, South Korea — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will make a four-day state visit to France from Sept. 6 to Sept. 9...

Venezuela signs agreements with Chevron, Eni, GE, in presence of US Secretary of Energy

Caracas, Venezuela  — Venezuela signed oil agreements with the United States company Chevron and the Italian company Eni on Wednesday. The signing took place in...

Nearly 1,000 dead, thousands missing in Nepal–China border floods

Kathmandu, Nepal — Nepal has raised the death toll from Wednesday’s devastating flash floods in the country’s northern and central regions to nearly 1,000, while...

Himalayan flood disaster: 720 People dead or missing across Nepal and Tibet

UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal — China’s Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday that mudslides in Tibet triggered by a glacial collapse have killed at least three...

4 workers die after being hit by express train north of Tokyo

Utsunomiya, Japan — Four workers died Thursday after being hit by an express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, police...

North Korea fires around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea says

Tokyo, Japan — North Korea launched around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, in the...

BNP’s veteran leader Mirza Fakhrul I Alamgir elected Bangladesh’s 23rd President

Dhaka, Bangladesh — Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a senior leader of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has been elected as Bangladesh’s 23rd president,...

A Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least 14 in Ukraine’s Kyiv region

Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the surrounding region with scores of missiles and drones in a nighttime aerial attack...

Brazil bus-lorry head-on crash kills more than 20, Dozens injured

São Paulo, Brazil — A devastating head-on collision between a minibus and a semi-truck in southern Brazil’s Paraná state has killed 23 people and...

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