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A cross-party group of about 70 Japanese lawmakers visited the notorious Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Tuesday during its annual spring festival. The lawmakers included Masahisa Sato, a senior vice…

Over 500 people at Australia's Sydney Opera House were forced to evacuate the area Tuesday due to a major gas leak. With a 100-meter exclusion zone set up by fire…

About 54 jade miners went missing after the collapse of a tailing pond in Myanmar's Kachin state, the Ministry of Information said Tuesday. The tailing pond collapsed late Monday at…

An initial probe into deadly suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people shows it was "retaliation for Christchurch," the country's deputy defence minister said Tuesday.…

Dissident republican group the New IRA on Tuesday admitted responsibility and apologised for killing Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee during rioting in Londonderry last week. The New IRA "offer our…

Sri Lankan police evacuated a highly populated railway station in the capital Colombo on Tuesday after an abandoned parcel was found near the railway tracks. Police rushed to the scene…

Source:Global Times Naseer Khan Kashani  Editor's Note: The Gwadar Port in Pakistan is a key project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The strategic…

Source:Xinhua The UN Security Council on Monday condemned "in the strongest terms" the series of terrorist attacks across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. In a press statement, the Security Council…

Source:Xinhua The Philippines hosted on Monday the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Manila Conference that aims to further strengthen regional cooperation in Asia through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Li Baodong, secretary general…

Source:Xinhua Russia and Japan have agreed to put together a working group on implementing joint projects on disputed Pacific islands, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. It said in…