BEIJING, May 13 (CNN): China's first domestically built aircraft carrier began sea trials on Sunday, a historic step in the country's mission to build a navy capable of rivaling the world's leading maritime powers.The new aircraft carrier, temporarily named Type 001A, sailed out at around 7 a.m. in Dalian, in...
Read moreRIYADH, May 13 (AFP): Saudi Arabia's ambitious reform drive takes another step forwards this week, with the launch of a new public TV channel that seeks to lure young viewers and project a modern image beyond the kingdom's borders. Branded "SBC", the channel will broadcast exclusive content including films, talk...
Read moreJALALABAD, May 13 (AFP): At least nine people were killed and more than 30 injured when militants detonated bombs and stormed a government building Sunday in a continuing attack in an eastern Afghan city, officials said.A thick column of smoke rose into the sky after two explosions near Jalalabad's directorate...
Read moreURUMQI, May 13 (Xinhua): Deng Qiong has no time for marriage or romance, because she's busy being a "mother" of 12 orphans. Deng, 45, is the mother of No. 9 family in the SOS Children's Village in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. She left her south China hometown...
Read moreBAGHDAD, May 13 (AFP): Iraq tallied votes Sunday as record abstentions dealt a blow to a political elite reviled for its perceived corruption, in the country's first national poll since it defeated the Islamic State group.The counting process to determine the makeup of the 329-seat parliament was expected to take...
Read moreMANILA, May 13 (AFP): A Philippine mayor accused of involvement in narcotics trafficking survived an ambush on Sunday, police said, four months after President Rodrigo Duterte publicly threatened to kill him.Retired police chief superintendent Vicente Loot, a mayor in the central province of Cebu, had been repeatedly named by Duterte...
Read moreNEW DELHI, May 13 (Xinhua): At least seven people were killed and 12 others injured after a bus rolled down into a gorge in northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, police said Sunday. The accident occurred near Naeneti on Solan-Rajgarh Road. "The bus plunged into the gorge after its driver...
Read moreBeijing, Moscow 'have potential to work' jointly for Syria peace SHANGHAI, May 13: Moscow and Beijing have the potential to boost cooperation to find ways of solving the Syrian issue, and the sides should continue efforts aimed at protecting the ceasefire regime, Chinese Special Envoy for Syria Xie Xiaoyan told...
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