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Trump claims his party well united as Republicans in growing disarray

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, facing growing frustration and division among the Republican elite and donors, claimed Wednesday that his campaign has never been in better shape and his party has never been so well united, reports Xinhua. “The campaign is doing really well. It’s never been so well united. […]

Washington’s THAAD muscle flexing unmasks anxiety over declining hegemony

The controversial deployment of the THAAD system on the Korean Peninsula yet again betrayed Washington’s deep-rooted Cold War mentality and its petty anxiety over the United States’ declining global hegemony, reports Xinhua. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/04/c_135563542.htm

Bangladesh identifies two Dhaka terror masterminds, announces 4 mln taka bounty

DHAKA, Aug. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has identified two Dhaka terror masterminds and announced a cash reward of 4 million taka (about 50,632 U.S. dollars) to anyone giving information leading to the arrest of the militant kingpins, reports Xinhua. Inspector General of Bangladesh Police AKM Shahidul Huq in a press conference in Dhaka on Tuesday […]

UNICEF statement on violence against children

Dhaka, July 27 (NsNewsWire) — “UNICEF Bangladesh expresses grave concerns on the recent incident of a 10 year old child being subjected to violence and killed in a heinous way at his work place in Narayangonj (central Bangladesh). This is a serious violation of child rights. UNICEF restates its apprehension of children being used as […]

Nine JMB militants killed in Bangladeshi capital raid

DHAKA, July 26 (Xinhua)– Nine suspected militants were killed as Bangladesh law enforcers on Tuesday conducted a raid on a hideout of banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in capital Dhaka, said the country’s police chief. A K M Shahidul Hoque, inspector general of Bangladesh Police, told Xinhua that Nine JMB militants were killed […]

India expels three Chinese correspondents for un-journalistic activities

India has expelled three journalists of the Chinese official news agency, Xinhua, by refusing to renew their visas to work in the country, a move that could worsen the already strained relations between the two countries, reports http://www.hindustantimes.com. The three journalists have been ordered to leave India by July 31. Journalists Wu Qiang and Lu […]

Biased award in South China Sea arbitration has no binding force: expert

SINGAPORE, July 19 (Xinhua) — The biased award rendered by an arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration has no binding force as the ad hoc tribunal violated international law principles and standards, an expert said here on Monday. Sienho Yee, chief expert at the Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies of Wuhan University, […]

Chinese FM’s Remarks At the Media Briefing on G20 Hangzhou Summit

DHAKA, June 12 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of the Remarks by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi At the Media Briefing on the recently held G20 Hangzhou Summit: “Dear Guests, Friends from the Press, Good morning! Today is 26 May, and tomorrow will mark the 100-day countdown of the G20 […]

Interview: Confrontation over South China Sea to take “disastrous” toll on regional, U.S. economies — expert

DHAKA, June 5 (Xinhua) — Confrontation over the South China Sea will take a “disastrous” toll on all the economies in the Asia-Pacific including the U.S. economy, a senior Bangladeshi economist has said. Any armed hostile U.S. activity in the South China Sea will disrupt the main sea route in the region, which will be […]