Yongin, South Korea 12 July 2017 (Xinhua) The birthday for one of a pair of giant pandas, leased by China, was celebrated Wednesday at the zoo of Everland, South Korea's largest theme park located in Yongin, 40 km south of capital Seoul. Le Bao, a five-year-old male, and Ai Bao, a four-year-old female, arrived in...

Doha 12 July 2017 (AlJazeera News) Rex Tillerson, US Secretary of State ended talks with ministers from Saudi Arabia and three Arab allies over how to end a month-long rift with Qatar, but there was no immediate word of a breakthrough. Tillerson met the foreign ministers in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea city of Jeddah on...

Doha 12 July 2017 'We will be able to meet local demand of present 300 tons of daily fresh milk and other dairy needs by March/April of 2018', told by John Joseph Dore, Chief Executive Officer of Baladna Livestock. Dore said that presently local dairy houses are meeting about 15 % of daily need and...

Djibouti 12 July 2017 (AlJazeera News) Ships carrying personnel for China's first overseas military base have set sail to begin setting up the facility in Djibouti, as the country's rapidly modernising military extends its global reach. The warships departed from Zhanjiang in southern China to set up a "support base" in the Horn of Africa...

Brasilia 12 July 2017 (Xinhua) Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison for his involvement in a corruption ring that embezzled billions of U.S. dollars from state oil company Petrobras Brasileiro, official sources said on Wednesday. Federal Judge Sergio Moro found Lula guilty of...

Doha 11 July 2017 Total and Qatar Petroleum have inaugurated a new venture to develop the Gulf country's expansive offshore Al-Shaheen oil field for the next 25 years. The joint venture, named the North Oil Company, was formally inaugurated Tuesday in Qatar's capital, Doha by Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser AlThani, Prime Minister of State of...

Doha 11 July 2017 Qatar and the United States have signed an agreement to help combat "terrorism financing" during a visit to Doha by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Tillerson made the announcement on Tuesday during a joint press conference in the Qatari Capital....

Doha 11 July 2017 First batch of 165 Cows from 4,000 reported earlier in various media a month ago landed in Doha this evening by Qatar Airways Cargo flight. Through reliable sources, it has come to know that keeping in view the harsh weather of Qatar, newly arrived animals will be kept in specially built...

Istanbul, Turkey 10 July 2017 (ANI) U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson emphasized that strong Washington-Ankara ties are essential from security standpoint to economic opportunities, he was addressing today on the 2nd day of 22nd World Petroleum Conference which took off on Sunday in Istanbul. Tillerson said, "While we still have a lot of challenges...

Istanbul / Doha (Reuters/Yahoo/Xinhua) 10 July 2017 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Kuwait on Monday for talks aimed at resolving the crisis triggered by the the cutoff of links with Qatar by Saudi Arabia and Arab allies. In Doha, a Western diplomat said creation of a "terror finance monitoring mechanism" would feature...