Category: International News

NEW YORK, July 5 (APP): Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers celebrated the U.S. independence from Britain with the traditional Fourth of July fireworks display Tuesday night. More than a million spectators watched the annual July Fourth fireworks display on a clear night, sponsored by Macy’s department store. The nearly 30-minute-long show Monday featured dazzling blues,… Continue reading Spectacular fireworks along New York City’s East River mark U.S. Independence Day

BEIJING, July 5 (APP): China on Wednesday once again urged India to correct mistakes with practical actions and immediately withdraw its border guards that have illegally trespassed into Chinese territory at Sikkim section of the China-India border. “By illegally crossing into another country’s territory, India has tread on the basic norms of international relations it… Continue reading China urges India to correct mistakes by pulling back border guards from Chinese territory

WASHINGTON, July 5 (APP): A delegation of US senators currently visiting Afghanistan has expressed deep concern over what they called lack of US diplomatic focus on Afghanistan, where the American embassy was being led by a charg d’affaires, and many senior positions in the State Department were yet to be filled. There has been a… Continue reading US senators concerned over lack of diplomatic focus on Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS, July 5 (APP): The United Nations telecommunications agency Wednesday urged all the countries to consider national policies to protect against cybercrime, noting that only about half of them have a cybersecurity strategy or are in the process of developing one. Releasing its second Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said… Continue reading Half of all countries lack national plan on cybersecurity: UN

UNITED NATIONS, July 4 (APP): The number of hungry people in the world has increased since 2015, reversing years of progress, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva has said. “Hunger will only be defeated if countries translate their pledges into action, especially at national and local levels,” he said at the… Continue reading World hunger rising again, reversing years of progress: FAO

  WASHINGTON, July 4 (APP): There is no military solution to the Kashmir dispute and Indian forces will have to leave, President of the US-based World Kashmir Awareness Forum Dr Ghulam N Mir said. Peace could not be achieved in the region until Kashmir was demilitarized and a plebiscite was held under the UN supervision,… Continue reading No military solution to Kashmir, Indian forces will have to leave: US-based Group

  BEIJING, July 4 (APP): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold open debates on capacity building in Africa to maintain peace and security and try to create enabling conditions for the return of Palestine and Israel to the track of negotiation and an early materialization of the two-state solution. “China has taken over… Continue reading UNSC to hold debates on capacity building in Africa, return of Palestine-Israel talks: China

WASHINGTON, July 4 (APP): The decision by the US Supreme Court to allow the Trump administration to enforce its travel ban on citizens from the six Muslim-majority countries has narrowed the scope of the original order and includes exemptions for refugees and foreign nationals trying to enter the United States. After the court’s decision, the… Continue reading SC verdict narrows scope of US travel ban on six Muslim countries

BEIJING, July 3 (APP): Terming illegal entry of Indian border guards into China’s territory as a ‘serious’ act, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday that trespass of Indian troops into defined Sikkim section of China-India boundary was violation of the 1890 border agreement. “The trespass of Indian border troops into China territory took… Continue reading Indian border guards trespassing into Chinese territory violation of 1890 agreement: China