By Xu Wenhong May is the month when pomegranate and peony flowers bloom and lush greenery covers the city of Xi'an, the starting point of the Silk Road. And it's on May 18-19 that Xi'an, Shaanxi province, will host the China-Central Asia Summit, which will add
Jerusalem: A year after Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot while covering an Israeli army raid, family and friends say her killers are yet to be held responsible. Abu Akleh, one of the most recognizable journalists covering Israeli-occupied territories, was shot dead on May
Washington: United States (US) President Joe Biden will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an official state visit on June 22, the White House said, as Washington works to deepen ties with the world's largest democracy. "The visit will strengthen our two countries’ shared commitment
Cairo: Since fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15, Khartoum resident Omar says he and his father have not left their home and believe they are the only civilians left in the neighbourhood. They have limited themselves to one meal a day, hoping their dwindling
London: The head of the Church of England condemned a British government bill that would dramatically curb migrants’ ability to seek asylum in the UK, calling the policy “isolationist, morally unacceptable and politically impractical.” Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby made a rare appearance in Parliament to
Helsinki: An upgraded Tianzhou cargo spacecraft docked at China’s Tiangong space station ahead of a new crewed mission to the orbital outpost. A Long March 7 rocket lifted off from the coastal Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 9:22 a.m. Eastern, May 10. The rocket inserted the
Sydney: United States (US) President Joe Biden will sign defence and surveillance agreements with Papua New Guinea, the island nation's foreign minister said, on a visit that renews the strategic importance of the nation where Biden's uncle died in World War Two. PNG, the South Pacific's
New York: A "perfect storm" of overlapping crises forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, sending the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said on Thursday. An unprecedented 71.1 million internally displaced people (IDPs) were registered in
Churachandpur, India: Houses in a remote village in the restive northeastern Indian state of Manipur daubed with "Don't Burn" notices stand untouched while many unmarked buildings are in ruins, their Meitei owners having fled. "It all started with an attack on two houses
Beijing: China on Wednesday called on Afghanistan to reform its radical policies excluding women from education and public life and “adopt a more resolute attitude in combating terrorism.” The comments from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin came on the heels of a Pakistan-hosted mini-summit of China,