U.S. forces on Sunday struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island, U.S. Central Command spokesperson Tim Hawkins said, marking the first known U.S. strike against Iran since late July."Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into Strait of

Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir said on Sunday that the current government would not pursue further talks on resuming Iceland's accession to the European Union (EU), after a Saturday referendum saw more voters against the accession negotiations.During a press conference, she said the

Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Bishkek on Sunday for a state visit to Kyrgyzstan and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2026.The China-Kyrgyzstan cooperation has ushered in a "golden period" of rapid development, Xi said in a written speech delivered upon his

Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said that as of 6:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, 781 bodies had been recovered from mudslide-hit areas, with 2,502 people still missing.Meanwhile, the Nepal Tourism Board said that a total of 591 foreign nationals are still out of

This summer the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has turned 25. In the very beginning of the 21st century, when leaders of the six SCO initial members got together at the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel on the Huangpu River waterfront in Lujiazui, the international environment was very different

On Friday, Chinese dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) formally filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, naming the Department of Defense, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg and Assistant

For Santosh Thapa, his family was lucky when a devastating mudslide hit Devighat in Nuwakot in central Nepal; all his relatives managed to escape the disaster, leaving their belongings behind as mud gushed down.It was a narrow escape, Thapa said. Although he was in Kathmandu at that time, his

A passenger ship capsized off Kyrenia, Cyprus, on Sunday afternoon shortly after departing from the city's port, according to media. Some passengers were reportedly injured.

A new sustainable energy training center at the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Fiji has commenced operations, aiming to foster renewable energy education and technical skill development within the country and the broader Pacific region.The purpose-built facility will provide practical

Rescue teams in China's Xizang Autonomous Region have been using inflatable boats to advance by water, trekking across mountains on foot and deploying drones for aerial reconnaissance and supply drops as they search for people who remain out of contact.

"Classics Quoted by Xi Jinping," a multilingual TV program produced by China Media Group (CMG) began airing in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday, as Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to attend the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.Starting from Sunday,

An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 15, 2026 shows the construction site of the Jalalabad tunnel of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway in Jalalabad, Kyrgyzstan. The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative, personally promoted by the heads

In a modest classroom in Yangon, voices rise not just in songs but in quiet connection -- weaving together two cultures through the simple, universal language of music.Phyo Nyein Zaw has become a familiar figure at the China Cultural Center in Yangon, teaching singing lessons to nearly 40 students

People visit vintage car show in Minsk, Belarus