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File photo: the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. [Photo/IC] Two sessions, the country’s biggest annual political event, may be postponed this year, as more focused efforts are needed at the moment to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak. The term two sessions refers to the annual plenary sessions of the National People’s Congress, the […]

Syrian army troops. © Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresenskiy  Moscow has vowed to continue its fight against terrorism in Syria’s Idlib province alongside Damascus, even though this doesn’t fit with Washington’s vision for resolving the crisis. Both the Russian Armed Forces and the country’s advisers will “support the Syrian Arab Republic armed forces in their fight against […]

  Physicians in Pyongyang’s People’s Hospital No. 2 wearing masks. / Image: Rodong Sinmun North Korean authorities in Ryanggang Province are organizing task forces in the province’s small and medium-sized cities and in rural areas to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, Daily NK has learned. The task forces are reportedly monitoring disease control procedures […]

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov hold a meeting on Idlib on the sidelines of the 56th Munich Security Conference in Germany, Feb. 15, 2020. (AA Photo) Turkish and Russian foreign ministers expressed determination to find a solution to ensure a cease-fire in Idlib, noting that the two sides are in constant […]

File Photo   MOGADISHU, Somalia At least three Somali soldiers were killed after a blast struck a military vehicle on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu on Sunday. Local police officer Feysal Mohamed told Anadolu Agency that the source of the explosion was a roadside bomb. “The blast was a roadside explosion which targeted a national […]

© Gavriil Grigorov/TASS MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. A man attacked worshippers with a knife in a church in downtown Moscow on Sunday, wounding two persons, Russian Interior Ministry Spokeswoman Irina Volk told TASS. The suspect has been detained. “Police detained in hot pursuit a 26-year-old resident of the Lipetsk Region, who entered a church on […]

Somalia’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources Fawzia Mohamed Sheikh, and Director of Qatar Charity’s office in Somalia Abdulnour Haj Ali after signing the agreement.  Qatar Charity (QC) signed a co-operation and partnership agreement with the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources in Mogadishu, Somalia to continue its efforts for the benefit of those affected […]

Aleppo, SANA – Syrian Arab Army units expanded on Saturday its operations in the western and southwestern countryside of Aleppo, liberating the villages of Urom Kobra, Kfar Naha, Ajel, and Ojel after fierce clashes with terrorists of Jabhet al-Nusra and the groups affiliated with them. SANA’s reporter said that units of the army continued military […]

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi makes a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 15, 2020.(Xinhua/Lu Yang) “We hope the U.S. as a superpower would not lose too much self-confidence or reason,” says Wang Yi, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister. MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — […]