North Korean drone penetrated no-fly zone around South Korea’s presidential office: official
SEOUL: A North Korean drone briefly entered a 3.7-kilometer-radius no-fly zone around the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul last month, a military official belatedly confirmed Thursday, reversing the defense authorities’ announcement that there was no such incident. The drone was among the five unmanned aerial vehicles that the North sent across the […]
Azerbaijan: 2022 was year for big cooperation breakthroughs with Central Asia countries
BAKU: Building on shared roots and common interests, Azerbaijan turned 2022 into success stories thanks to the remarkable breakthroughs it achieved with Central Asia countries that have led to bolstering cooperation. During the year, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Uzbekistan, as well as Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on official visits, while the leaders of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, […]
CIS leaders hold summit in St. Petersburg; Kyrgyzstan to chair in 2023
St. PETERSBURG: The leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are meeting in for an informal two-day summit in St. Petersburg. The summit, at the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is attended by Presidents of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov, Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Turkmenistan Serdar […]
South Korea’s ex-President Lee granted special presidential pardon
SEOUL: President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday granted wide-ranging special pardons to former President Lee Myung-bak and a series of high-profile politicians and former officials convicted of corruption and other irregularities during the previous administrations. Former South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo, a close confidant of former President Moon Jae-in, was also pardoned with about […]
Sri Lanka’s ousted president Rajapaksa leaves for US
former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left for the United States of America. According to local reports, he boarded a plane for Dubai on the first leg of his travel to the US. He reportedly left Sri Lanka via the VIP Terminal at the Bandaranaike International Airport. Rajapaksa was […]
Uzbekistan slashes number of ministries, executive bodies
TASHKENT: The number of executive bodies in Uzbekistan will be reduced from 61 to 28 and the number of ministries will be cut from 25 to 21 while 20 bodies will be abolished starting January 1. In his December 20 address to Parliament, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed administrative reforms to transform the […]
Anwar Ibrahim passes parliamentary test of legitimacy as 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Anwar Ibrahim today confirmed his legitimacy as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia when the motion on vote of confidence was approved by a majority voice at the opening sitting of the 15th parliament. The legitimacy was confirmed by Speaker Johari Abdul as he announced the result of the voice vote taken […]
Avaza Summit shows Turkmenistan’s confidence
The leaders of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Turkiye meeting in Avaza By Kuban Abdymen AVAZA: The trilateral summit of the heads of state of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Turkiye in the Caspian resort of Avaza did not bring the result expected by some of its participants. Despite the fact that before the summit in this resort town […]
Deal of the decade: China, Saudi Arabia sign 35 agreements worth $30 billion
RIYADH: Very few visits would have rivalled in significance and success with the official trip made by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Saudi Arabia this week. The Chinese leader traveled to Riyadh for three summits with Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and Arab League states. He cemented crucial energy and investment deals […]
China pays tribute to Jiang Zemin
BEIJING: A memorial meeting for Jiang Zemin, who passed away on Nov. 30 at the age of 96, was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Chinese president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, addressed the meeting, Xinhua reported. […]
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