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Tokyo police enhanced security measures ahead of the Wednesday summit that will bring together the leaders of China, Japan and South Korea, local media reported. According to the NHK broadcaster, Japan deployed additional police forces to the Haneda airport in order to ensure security of the transport facility. Meanwhile, there …

Pakistan’s environmental protection agency is installing air quality monitors and warning factories to add pollution filters after a panel of the country’s top judges ordered the government to detail its efforts to control worsening air pollution. The court ruling earlier this month followed a lawsuit by a Karachi man challenging …

TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) – Films selected from 13 countries will compete in the Eastern Vista (Panorama of Films from Asian and Islamic Countries) category at 2018 Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF36). The organizers have named the countries which will take part in this year’s strand as: China, Vietnam, Republic of …

TEHRAN, Mar. 25 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi in a statement condemned recent terrorist attacks in France, Afghanistan and Egypt and expressed sympathy with the bereaved families of victims of the deadly terrorist attacks. The widespread geographical scope of the horrific incidents shows that terrorism is a …

This photo, taken from social media, purportedly shows Argentineans protesting a recent wave of state employee dismissals, in Buenos Aires, on February 15, 2018.     Thousands of people have marched on the streets of the Argentinean capital, Buenos Aires, to protest against a recent wave of state employee dismissals …

China’s air force says it has held another round of drills in the South China Sea and the Western Pacific in preparation for possible future wars.  “Air Force exercises are rehearsals for future wars and are the most direct preparation for combat,” it said in a statement on Sunday. The drill came after a …

A US Navy destroyer has sailed close to a Chinese-built island in the disputed South China and carried out maneuver operations there, amid rising diplomatic tensions between Washington and Beijing. The USS Dewey traveled within 12 nautical miles of the Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands, known as Nansha in China, US …

A gunfight has claimed the lives of five soldiers and five suspected militants in the disputed region of Kashmir, police say. The fighters on Wednesday attacked security troops carrying out a search operation in forests around Kupwara, 95 km (60 miles) north of the main city of Srinagar, said Shamsher …

A senior US official has accused Pakistan of doing the “bare minimum” required to squeeze the Taliban and terror groups. An unnamed official from US President Donald Trump’s administration told media outlets on Friday that Islamabad has “done the bare minimum to appear responsive to our requests.” The official cited …

The United Nations human rights office has accused Mexico of ignoring fair principles of carrying out an investigation, saying authorities in the Latin American country have committed extensive rights abuses against suspects in a case related to the 2014 disappearance of 43 students. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the UN High Commissioner …