Beijing, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for all-out efforts to rapidly organize relief work and rescue the injured people after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Sichuan Province. At least five people were killed and over 70 were injured after the earthquake jolted Jiuzhaigou County in Sichuan at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing...

Doha 08 August 2017 (AlJazeera News) 1130 PM Qatar Airways can now access a new route over international waters in the Gulf controlled by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the world aviation agency announced. The Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has been working with "various Middle Eastern states to ensure equitable access to airspace...

Manila                                                                                                            ...

Lahore, Pakistan                                                                                                          ...

Islamabad, Pakistan                                                                                                          ...

Doha                                             06 August 2017 Aside from licensing,Qualified investors will get project guarantees with land readiness and immediate access to visas, including readiness of industrial infrastructure like water, electricity, gas, and roads, as well...

Singapore       06 August 2017 (Yahoo News/Reuters)                                                                                             ...

San Fransisco 06 August 2017 (AP/Yahoo News) Authorities say a Northwestern University professor arrested after eight days on the lam in a fatal stabbing in Chicago is being closely watched in jail in California. Northwestern microbiologist Wyndham Lathem surrendered late Friday in the San Francisco area. A second suspect, University of Oxford finance officer Andrew...

AlJazeera 06 August 2017 0756 PM (Doha Time) AlJazeera network has said that Israel is moving forward to revoke media credentials of Al Jazeera journalists and close the network's office in Jerusalem, the country's communication minister has announced. Ayoub Kara made the announcement on Sunday during a press conference in Jerusalem, where Al Jazeera was barred from...

United Nations Security Council 7958TH Meeting 02 August 2017 The Security Council decided today to extend the number of individuals and entities targeted by sanctions first imposed under resolution 1718 (2006) — an asset freeze and travel ban for those involved in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s nuclear-weapon programme. Unanimously adopting resolution 2356 (2017) under Chapter VII of the...