Off the wire
• Frankfurt hold Bayern, Cologne win in German Bundesliga  • Atletico, Real and Barca on fire as top 4 all win in Spain  • Messi back, Rafinha scores twice as Barca breeze past Depor  • China-Pak friendship car rally warmly welcomed in Pakistan  • English Premier League standings  • Leading goal scorers of French Ligue 1  • French Ligue 1 standings  • English Premier League results  • French Ligue 1 results  • Vehicle overturns in California, killing 4  
You are here: 　 Home

Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 16

Xinhua, October 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

Parties to a multilateral meeting on Syria spoke in favor of initiating political process in the war-raged country as soon as possible, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency on Saturday.

Participants in the talks held in Lausanne, Switzerland discussed a few "interesting ideas," and they agreed to continue contacts within the next few days "in anticipation of some agreements that will help advance the settlement," Lavrov said, without giving details about the ideas. (Russia-US-Syria)

- - - -

UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed the adoption by governments at a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, of a critically important amendment to cut the production and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in order to safe the Ozone Layer.

The amendment was agreed upon to the Montreal Protocol phasing-down production and use of HFCs, which are a powerful, short-lived greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, the UN chief said in a statement. (UN-Green gas)

- - - -

LOME -- African leaders on Saturday signed a landmark charter that aims to preserve the continent's maritime security and safety.

The Charter on Maritime Security and Safety and Development in Africa was signed on the last day of the six-day African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit on Maritime Security, Safety and Development. (Africa-Maritime security)

- - - -

MOSCOW -- The Russian authorities have arrested an "illegal" fishing ship of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the Sea of Japan, with one person killed and eight others injured in the conflict, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Saturday.

A patrol boat of the Russian border guards stopped the DPRK fishing boat "Dae Yang 10" in Russia's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan at 22:20 Moscow time (19:20 GMT) Friday, the FSB said in a statement. (Russia-DPRK-Fishing)

- - - -

LOS ANGELES -- Three people were killed and 12 others wounded when a mass shooting broke out in Los Angeles on Saturday, police said.

The police had one suspect in custody and were looking for a second in connection with the shooting which occurred in the West Adams district, Los Angeles. (U.S-Shooting) Endi