US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is also a senior adviser to the White House, is under FBI scrutiny as part of its probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 US election, NBC News reported on Thursday.
US President Donald Trump met the heads of European Union institutions on Thursday in Brussels ahead of a summit of NATO leaders at the military alliance's headquarters in the city later on the same day, according to Reuters.
Ant Financial, the arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba group, officially launched AlipayHK mobile application on Thursday, enabling users to register accounts using local phone numbers and top up their mobile wallets with Hong Kong dollars (HKD) and link them with HKD credit cards.
Over 1,000 Iraqi Shiites marched in front of Bahrain's embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday to condemn a raid by police in Bahrain on the home town of a prominent Shiite cleric, which left at least five dead and 286 people under arrest.
Following the Manchester terrorist attack, NATO members are weighing whether to join the US-led Counter-ISIL coalition. But the decision is pitting a new American president’s anti-terror agenda against European reticence to get formally involved in another war front.
The Pakistani army says it has shelled Indian military posts and caused major damage in the restive region of Kashmir. The attack is said to be in response to an Indian mortar strike on areas controlled by Pakistan.
ISIL on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the Manchester bomb attack, Reuters reported.
The world’s most popular cryptocurrency is now worth over 2,000 US dollars per coin for the first time, an all-time high, according to a range of bitcoin exchanges.
A total of 55.64 million Chinese rural residents were lifted out of poverty from 2013 to 2016 and at least another 10 million will shake off poverty this year, which means the number of rural Chinese lifted out of poverty in five years will exceed 65 million – roughly the population of a major European country such as Britain, France or Italy.
On April 24, the first giant panda twins of the year were born in captivity at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
Myanmar hopes to take significant steps towards ending its long-running armed conflicts this month as leaders will meet for a peace conference starting Wednesday in the capital city Naypyidaw. However, the battlefields are unlikely to quieten down any time soon.
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday in response to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) latest ballistic missile test.
A two-day gathering of trade officials from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members concluded in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sunday, producing an agreement based on five major principles enshrining regional economic integration.
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye is expected to attend the opening hearing of her corruption trial on Tuesday.
China has developed a cheap, lightweight radar for fighter jets as it bids to supply more such technology to developing nations.
A Chinese-made military helicopter, known as Z-19E, has taken its maiden flight in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
With Kurdish groups having emerged as a key force in the fight against ISIL militants in recent years, the ethnic group has some complex relationships with various nations in the Middle East and beyond.
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