Bengaluru (India), 23 August 2023 (Daily The Indian Express) India became the 4th country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon, after the erstwhile Soviet Union, United States and China, just three days after a failed attempt by Russia's Luna-25 mission. Isro's Chandrayaan-3 lander module 'Vikram' touched down on the Moon, near its south...

Semarang (Indonesia)/Manila, 20 Aug.2023 (PNA) Philippines trade chief has called on fellow ministers in Southeast Asia to upgrade the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) during the 37th Meeting of ASEAN Free Trade Area Council in Semarang, Indonesia. Secretary Alfredo Pascual highlighted that the upgrade of the ATIGA is an opportune time to address trade...

Camp David, Mary Land, 18 Aug. 2023 (Yonhap) Leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Friday to significantly expand trilateral security cooperation, pledging to immediately consult one another in the event of common threats, hold annual joint military exercises and cooperate closely for stronger missile defense against North Korea. The agreements were...

Washington, 18 August 2023 (Anadolu News) The US and Iran last week reached a tentative agreement that will see the release of five Americans from a Tehran prison and several Iranians detained in the US. The deal, announced last Thursday, will also transfer to Qatar $6 billion of Iranian state assets frozen in South Korea....

Doha, 16 August 2023 (QNA) The heads of news agencies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have tentatively agreed to establish a joint news application project for Gulf news agencies, proposed by the State of Qatar. This project will allow citizens of GCC member states to directly access official news from the news agencies...

Istanbul, Turkey, 16 August 2023 (Anadolu News) By Riyaz Ul Khaliq Issue-based cooperation with international community key for Afghans’ future, says Crisis Group analyst Aug. 15 marks two years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, with the country and its people facing a myriad of challenges. Observers believe Afghanistan’s persisting problems are rooted...

Islamabad, 05 August 2023 (APP) Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday reiterated that Pakistan rejected all the unilateral and illegal actions taken by India in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK) and vowed to continue extending its unwavering diplomatic, moral and political support to Kashmiris in their just struggle. Marking 4th anniversary of...

Islamabad, 05 August 2923 Imran Khan, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, a former cricketer turned politician and Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, political party, has been arrested after an Islamabad trial court found him guilty of corrupt practices in the Toshakhana case (Treasury).  He is kept in over 700 years old Attock Fort on the Indus...

Ankara, 03 August 2023 (Anadolu News) Türkiye has appointed a woman as an admiral for the first time in Turkish Naval Forces history, following a Supreme Military Council meeting Thursday. Staff Col. Gokcen Firat will become Rear Adm. in the Turkish Naval Forces. The decision came after the closed-door meeting that was chaired by President...

03 August 2023 (Peoples Daily) By Li Jie New products are an important engine driving China's consumption growth today. This year, a number of new products have been launched in various sectors of the consumption market, including Huawei's P60 smartphone, the Blossoms Collection perfume of Jo Malone, collaboration T-shirts of UNIQLO, as well as new vehicle...