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NAIROBI (Web Desk) Kenyan riot police have clashed with opposition protesters staging a rally against election officials in the capital city, Nairobi.Police fired tear gas canisters and used batons on Tuesday to disperse the protesters calling for the election officials to be fired and prosecuted before a re-run of a …

BEIJING (Web Desk) The Chinese military has for the first time staged exercises at the country’s first overseas base recently opened in Djibouti.The South China Morning Post reported on Monday that the People’s Liberation Army’s Navy had held the military drills on Friday.This is the first time our soldiers stationed …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China says it will limit oil supplies to North Korea under the tough sanctions adopted by the United Nations to step up pressure against Pyongyang over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.The Chinese Ministry of Commerce made the announcement in a statement on its website on Saturday, …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China has signed an agreement with Iran to provide a credit line of $10 billion for its infrastructure projects what is seen as the biggest economic deal between the two countries after the removal of sanctions against the Islamic Republic in 2016.The agreement was signed between China’s …

BEIJING (Web Desk) A pro-independence Taiwanese activist on trial in mainland China has confessed to making attempts to subvert the government in Beijing.Lee Ming-cheh, 42, made the confession, alongside a Chinese accomplice named Peng Yuhua, at the Yueyang intermediate court in central Hunan Province, according to video footage posted on …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China has tightened regulations on religious freedom, intensifying punishments for unsanctioned activities and increasing its supervision of certain groups in a bid to “block extremism” and tackle what it sees as internal threats.The updated rules,released by China’s cabinet the State Council on Thursday,come as the country ratchets …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China said on Tuesday that its troops would continue to patrol a disputed Himalayan border area after resolving a months-long military stand-off there with India.Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying refused to disclose future plans for the road project that had triggered the confrontation on the remote Doklam …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China has warned that it will fully defend its interests and companies against a US trade investigation into Beijing’s alleged theft of American intellectual property.“We are strongly dissatisfied with this unilateral and protectionist practice and will take all necessary measures to resolutely defend the legitimate rights and …

BEIJING (Web Desk) China’s top diplomat has defended Pakistan’s “important role” in Afghanistan in a phone call with United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, after US President Trump accused Islamabad of harbouring militants.Trump, in unveiling his Afghanistan strategy this week, alleged that Pakistan was playing a double game by …

BEIJING (Web Desk) Peace with North Korea is a “possibility”, America’s most senior uniformed officer said on Thursday, but warned the US has “credible, viable military options” for dealing with the errant regime.General Joe Dunford, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, also told reporters during his visit …