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As leaders meet in Uzbekistan, the eight-member regional body is poised to add Iran to its ranks.Iran has signed a Memorandum of Obligations to become a permanent member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a central Asian security body, the Iranian foreign minister said. “By signing the document for ...

SAMARKAND, UzbekistanUzbekistan's historic capital is set to host a two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit beginning Thursday, which will be attended by heads of state and observers.Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will host a multi-national gathering of eight nations, including China, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and India, in ...

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization will grow at the upcoming summit, the Uzbek president has revealedThe Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is set to expand at its upcoming summit in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, the host nation's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced. The SCO is the largest regional bloc in ...

On China’s road to becoming an innovation powerhouse, the Pujiang Innovation Forum has been playing an important role.The story began back in 2006 when China unveiled an ambitious plan to build an innovation-oriented country by 2020 and then establish itself as a world power in science and technology in ...

SHANGHAI, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Navies of China and Pakistan will commence a live-fire drill Tuesday as part of a four-day joint maritime exercise codenamed Sea Guardians-2. Fleets participating in the drill will set off from a military port in Shanghai for the scheduled sea area. The joint exercise ...

The Sea Guardians -2 PLAN-PN joint maritime exercise kicks off at a military port in Wusong, Shanghai on July 10, 2022. BEIJING, July 10 -- The Sea Guardians - 2 maritime exercise jointly held by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and Pakistan Navy (PN) kicked off at ...

Aid began arriving yesterday in a remote part of Afghanistan where an earthquake killed 1,000 people but poor communications and a lack of proper roads are hampering relief efforts in a country already grappling with a humanitarian crisis.The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck early on Wednesday about 160 kilometers southeast ...

AN earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed at least 1,000 people in Afghanistan early yesterday, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages. Photographs on Afghan media showed houses reduced to rubble, with bodies swathed ...

SHANGHAI: Parts of Shanghai began imposing new lockdown restrictions on Thursday, with residents of sprawling Minhang district ordered to stay home for two days in a bid to control COVID-19 transmission risks. Minhang, home to more than 2 million people, will conduct nucleic acid tests for all residents on ...

© Provided by Xinhua NANJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Before coming to China, Shabir Mohsin Hashmi knew little about the country. Now, the 47-year-old Pakistani not only has a family here but has also become an ambassador for the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).In 2006, Hashmi got a ...