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China can show goodwill in the stalled resumption of cross-Taiwan Strait tourism-oriented travel, by first allowing Chinese tourists to visit the Kinmen Islands for a major holiday in early October, a lawmaker representing the Taiwan-controlled islands said Wednesday.

A research fellow at Academia Sinica introduced the concept of "Silicon Shield 2.0" at a security forum in Taipei on Wednesday, saying it was not "Taiwan centric," but seeks to integrate Taiwan into international supply chains.

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"Chandrayaan 3 was a milestone, Chandrayaan 4 and 5 will follow," announced Union Minister Dr

The KP.3.1.1 COVID-19 variant, now the predominant SARS-CoV-2 variant circulating in the United States, has been causing increasing infections in the country, the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed.

Foreign investment in Myanmar has dropped precipitously in the three and a half years since the military seized power from a democratically elected government, according to officials and observers, as companies weigh the risks of operating in a nation engulfed in civil war.

Twenty-six members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya minority drowned when their boat capsized as they were trying to flee to Bangladesh, witnesses said, an accident likely to compound fears that the largely Muslim community is facing a new round of genocide.

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In response to a question about the anti-Iranian claim of the head of the intelligence committee of the US House of Representatives, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that the nuclear weapons have never had a place in Iran's defense and security doctrine.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has appreciated the country's parliament for its vote of confidence in his list of Cabinet ministers, saying the fact that the legislature approved all the ministers is a sign of high level of cooperation and synergy between the two branches of the government.

Iran's hard-line parliament approved moderate reformist Masud Pezeshkian's 19-member Cabinet, accepting the entire slate of ministers without a change for the first time since 2001.

Iran's parliament gave a "vote of confidence" to President Masoud Pezeshkian's proposed ministers on Wednesday, officially establishing his government.

After five working days and 10 open sessions of Iranian lawmakers to review the backgrounds, qualifications and plans of the proposed ministers, 19 cabinet ministers of the 14th government were determined by the full vote of confidence of the members of the parliament.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that the racist Zionist regime is the root cause of threat to the regional and international peace and security.

Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York has said that the Islamic Republic's response to Israel's assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh will be carried out in a way to ensure that it "occurs at a moment of maximum surprise."

Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations says the Islamic Republic will carefully plan the timing and manner of its response to the Israeli assassination of Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh to ensure "maximum surprise" and "deterrence" are achieved.

Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations has said the country is to respond to the Israeli regime's assassination of Hamas's senior leader, which took place inside the Islamic Republic last month, in a time and manner that would take the regime "by surprise."

Iran says it will take its time in its response to the July 31 killing in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the U.S.- and EU-designated Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Offshore Patrol Vessel Sujay, with an integral helicopter, on August 21, 2024, made a port call at Jakarta, Indonesia for a two-day visit, as part of its ongoing overseas deployment to East Asia