KATHMANDU -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Sunday that anyone attempting to split China will be crushed and any external force backing such attempts will be deemed by the Chinese people as pipe-dreaming.

Xi made the remarks in talks with Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, who said his country firmly supports China in safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity and stands firm in upholding the one-China policy.

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QUITO -- "We are going to restore order throughout Ecuador. We start with the curfew in Quito. I've order the Joint Command of the Armed Forces to take necessary measures and operations immediately," Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said.

Moreno declared curfew and militarization of the Metropolitan District of Quito on Saturday after 10 days of anti-government protests.

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RHODES, Greece -- As world politics is not a zero-sum game, the West doesn't have to lose out when the East is rising, said a German expert on Saturday.

Collaboration focusing on the elements connecting the two sides rather than dividing lines will benefit all, said Berthold Kuhn, senior adviser at the Berlin-based non-partisan think tank Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute.

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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso, which killed at least 15 worshipers, said his spokesman on Saturday.

The secretary-general expressed his deep condolences to the families of the deceased and the government and people of Burkina Faso. He wished a speedy recovery to the injured, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. Enditem

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