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Chinese FM to visit Africa during first new year trip

  • Chinese FM to visit Africa during first new year trip BEIJING, (MILLAT ONLINE):Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to Rwanda, Angola, Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe from Jan. 12 to 16, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday in Beijing. “Over the past 20-plus years, Chinese foreign ministers have always chosen […]

  • North Korea says will attend Olympics in rival South

    North Korea says will attend Olympics in rival South Seoul, (MILLAT ONLINE):North Korea said it was willing to send athletes and a high-level delegation to the forthcoming Winter Olympics in the South on Tuesday as the rivals held their first official talks in more than two years after high tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. […]

  • Senior Hamas figure shot in Gaza, in critical condition: medical source

    Senior Hamas figure shot in Gaza, in critical condition: medical source Gaza City, Palestinian Territories,(MILLAT ONLINE):A senior Hamas figure was shot in the head in Gaza and hospitalised in critical condition on Tuesday, in what officials said was an accident. Hamas spokesman Fawzy Barhoum said Imad al-Alami, a former member of Hamas’s highest political body, […]

  • Macron meets with Xi as China, France seal business deals

    Macron meets with Xi as China, France seal business deals Beijing,(MILLAT ONLINE):Chinese President Xi Jinping and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron met Tuesday for talks and to oversee the signing of business deals as the two global leaders seek closer ties. After touring Beijing’s sprawling Forbidden City, Macron met with Chinese business leaders and held talks […]

  • Turkey says Syria’s Idlib strikes risk wrecking peace talks

    Turkey says Syria’s Idlib strikes risk wrecking peace talks Istanbul, (MILLATY ONLINE):Turkey’s foreign minister on Tuesday accused the Syrian regime of striking moderate opposition forces in Idlib province near the Turkish border, warning it could torpedo talks aimed at ending the war. Ankara is working closely on Syria with Russia and Iran, President Bashar al-Assad’s […]

  • Altice shares rebound after group spins off US arm

    Altice shares rebound after group spins off US arm The Hague, (MILLAT ONMLINE):Shares in troubled French media and telecoms firm Altice soared in early trading Tuesday, after it announced a major group reorganisation spinning off its US arm from its European business. Altice said in a statement late Monday that it “has approved plans for […]