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French top diplomat to visits Gulf states over diplomatic row

FrenchForeignMinisterJean-YvesLeDrianwillflytoGulfstatesattheweek-endtohelpendongoingdiplomaticrowwithQatar,theforeignministrysaidWednesdayinastatement.Duringhi

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Wuhan media conference looks at how to tell the world China's story

The17thconferenceonOverseasChinesePioneeringandDevelopinginChinaconcludedonSundayinWuhan,capitalofcentralChina'sHubeiProvince.Theconferenceaimstolinkupmoremedia

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122 countries adopt global treaty banning nuclear weapons

A global treaty banning nuclear weapons was adopted at the United Nations on Friday despite opposition from nuclear powers Britain, France and the United States which said it disregards the reality of dealing with international security threats such as DPRK.

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Commentary: World must remain on guard against Japanese militarism

Fridaymarksthe80thanniversaryofthe"July7Incident"thattriggeredJapan'sfull-scaleinvasionofChinain1937,compellingtheChinesepeopleoverthenexteightyearstofightbackw

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UN: Half of all countries lack cybersecurity strategy

Onlyabouthalfofallcountriesintheworldhaveacybersecuritystrategyorareintheprocessofdevelopingone,andeventheworld'smostpowerfulcountriesshowmajorgapsintheirprepar

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G20's inclusive investment plan for a continent

Africa'senormouseconomicpotentialisnotnews,but,untilnow,policymakersaroundtheworldhavenotsuccessfullydefinedthepoliticalandeconomicstepsthatmustbetakentoenableA

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NEPAD launches a global hunger index report

TheNewPartnershipforAfrica’sDevelopment(NEPAD)haslaunchedaglobalhungerindexreport,aheadofthe29thAfricanUnionSummit.Findingsindicatethereisslowprogressinthereduc

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Philippines, Indonesia to conduct annual joint patrol to thwart pirates

Naval forces of the Philippines and Indonesia will conduct an annual joint patrol in the Celebes Sea next week to thwart piracy and sea robbery in the backwaters bordering the two Southeast Asian countries, a military spokesman said on Sunday.

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Africa hopeful to achieve quick growth like East Asia: economist

AfricaishopefultoachievequickdevelopmentlikeEastAsiadidaftertheWorldWarII,saidJustinLin,professoratPekingUniversityinChinaonThursday."Sinceindependencearound196

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Trump to meet with Putin at G-20 summit next week

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the White House said Thursday.

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Ecuador and Peru in fierce dispute over border wall

InSouthAmerica,aborderwallbetweenEcuadorandPeruhascausedaseriousdisputebetweenbothcountries.Thewallrunsalongonesideofthebusiestcrossingpointsonthenations'fiftee

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Modi's low-expectation U.S. visit turns out to be profitable for India

TheIndo-U.S.relationstouchednewheightsfollowingIndianPrimeMinisterNarendraModi'smeetingwithU.S.PresidentDonaldTrumponMonday,thelatter'sfirstworkingdinnerwithahe

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US Secretary of State meets Qatar Foreign Minister amid gulf standoff

USSecretaryofStateRexTillersonmetwithhisQatarcounterpartSheikhMohammedbinAbdulrahmanAlThanionTuesdayamidthecountry'stensestandoffwithitsgulfneighbors.Earlierthi

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Canadian opposition leader displays blindness to huge FTA benefits

Canada'sLiberalgovernmentisinexploratorytalkswithChinaoverpossiblenegotiationsonafreetradedeal,butthecountry'soppositionConservativePartyleaderAndrewScheersaidi

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UK to maintain duty-free access for developing countries post-Brexit

Britainsaiditwillmaintainduty-freeaccesstoitsmarketsonceithaslefttheEuropeanUnionforgoodsfromnearly50developingcountriesincludingBangladesh,SierraLeoneandHaiti.

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Tillerson: Gulf states have list of demands for Qatar

TheSaudi-ledGulfcountrieshavedrawnupalistofdemandsforQatar,withthehopeofeasingtheregion'sdiplomaticrift.USSecretaryofStateRexTillersonrevealedthemessageinastate

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U.S. Commerce Secretary pledges fair treatment for Chinese investment

U.S.SecretaryoftheCommerceDepartmentWilburRossonTuesdaypledgedtogivefairtreatmentforChineseinvestmentintheUnitedStatesastheDonaldTrumpadministrationsteppedupeff