The United States would consider using military force to defend the Gulf nations in the event of an external threat to their territorial integrity, U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday.
The original message of the Bandung conference held 60 years ago that brought together Asian and African leaders in Indonesia on issues of peaceful co-existence, is still imperative for boosting mutual cooperation among the nations and still holds gravitas in today's world, Afghan former minister for information and culture Sayed Makhdom Raheen told Xinhua.
Chinese President Xi Jinping' s remarks at the Boao Forum for Asia in south China's Hainan province on Saturday has shed light on shared development and prosperity in the region, an India-born academic in Cambodia said in an article released on Monday.
U.S. President Barrack Obama on Thursday reiterated his country's investment in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and commitment to building links between the two sides to better face global challenges.
The United States and its allies' forces have gathered in Bahrain for a major naval exercise in the Gulf in a bid to deter threats in the global energy shipping waterways.
An agreement among BRICS nations to establish a new development bank has been hailed as a boon to the five emerging economies as well as the global economy.
The fifth BRICS summit is underway in South Africa's coastal city of Durban - the first time for the meeting to be held on African soil.
Perhaps Jim O'Neil, an economist with Goldman Sachs, would have never imagined that the word "BRICs" he coined in a 2001 research paper could have in reality helped assemble the power of the world's five emerging market economies.
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