RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT RESIGNS AS VLADIMIR PUTIN PLANS FUTURERussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that his governmentwas resigning to give President Vladimir Putin room to carry out the changeshe wants to make to the constitution.
PHILIPPINES, CHINESE COAST GUARDS HOLD JOINT DRILLMANILA - The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday held a joint maritimedrill with the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) on search and rescue operations andfirefighting in the waters off Manila.
ON ARMY DAY, CHIEF SAYS SCRAPPING 370 DISRUPTED PAK PLANSArmy Chief Gen M M Naravane on Wednesday hailed the abrogation of provisionsof Article 370 as a "historic step" and said the move had disrupted plans ofthe "western neighbour and its proxies", in a clear reference to Pakistan.
XI URGES ALL PARTIES TO WORK TOWARD SOCIALIST GOALS Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, called on the country's non-Communist parties to make new contributions to securing the victory of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and fighti
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL: EU LAUNCHES DISPUTE MECHANISMBritain, France and Germany ratcheted up pressure on Iran on Tuesday tocease its violations of a landmark nuclear deal, stressing that they want toresolve differences through talks while starting the clock on a process thatcould result in a s
MORE FISSURES SPOTTED NEAR TAAL VOLCANO AS MAGMA ACTIVITY CONTINUES —PHIVOLCSThe Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Wednesday saidthat while Taal volcano is having a "generally weaker eruption" at the maincrater, the fissuring of areas around it shows that it is very much ac
XI URGES MORE EFFORTS AGAINST GRAFT IN GOVT Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, ordered officials on Monday to make consistent efforts against graft to secure victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and fighting pove
FIVE COUNTRIES TO DISCUSS ACTION AGAINST IRANFive nations whose citizens died when an airliner was shot down by Iran lastweek will meet in London on Thursday to discuss possible legal action,Ukraine's Foreign Minister said.
TAAL 'HAZARDOUS ERUPTION' LIKE 'ATOMIC BOMB' BUT WON'T CARRY SAME ENERGY: PHIVOLCS MANILA - A hazardous eruption of Taal Volcano will look like an "atomic bomb explosion" but will not carry the same energy, a state seismologist said Monday.
XI SENDS MESSAGES TO OMAN'S NEW SULTAN President Xi Jinping sent two messages on Sunday to Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, the new sultan of Oman — first a congratulatory message about his succession as sultan and second a message of condolence over the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said.
