China has accused the United States of "stoking military confrontation" with the recent deployment of a powerful missile launcher capable of firing weapons with a range of up to 1,600 kilometers to exercises in the Philippines.
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A UN report into the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA has concluded it must do more to improve its neutrality, staff vetting and transparency.
But the independent review also said that Israel had failed to back up a claim that many of the agency's (...)
Global oil and gold prices jumped and shares fell after US officials said an Israeli missile had struck Iran.
After initial sharp moves in Asia on Friday, the market reaction eased with Brent crude oil trading around 1.7% higher, to sit above $88 a (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Health has announced that the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine is now available in Saudi Arabia to everyone aged 60 and above.
Dr. Abdullah Asiri, Assistant Deputy Minister for Preventive Health and Infectious (...)
On 19 April, Indians will begin choosing a new parliament for the next five years, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a third consecutive term. Opinion polls put his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies ahead. They are up against the (...)
A US Navy and Coast Guard operation on Tuesday rescued three mariners stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean islet for more than a week after the trio spelled out "HELP" using palm fronds laid on a white-sand beach.
The mission also unexpectedly turned (...)
Sumo legend Taro Akebono, who drove a resurgence in the sport's popularity and became its first foreign grand champion, has died of heart failure at the age of 54.
The Hawaiian-born wrestler passed away in a Tokyo hospital earlier this month, his (...)
President Joe Biden has been urged to permanently ban imports of Chinese-made cars to the US.
The chair of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Sherrod Brown, wrote "Chinese electric vehicles are an existential threat to the American auto (...)
President Joe Biden has vowed that the US will defend the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea, calling its support for Manila "ironclad".
Biden's comments come amid regular skirmishes and rising tensions between Chinese and Philippine (...)
US President Joe Biden and Japan's prime minister have vowed to strengthen defense cooperation in the face of a potential threat from China.
The plans announced by Biden and Fumio Kishida during his Washington visit include an expanded air defense (...)
Ukraine's parliament passed a law on Thursday that will govern how the country recruits new conscripts, following months of delay and after thousands of amendments were submitted to water down the initial draft.
Lawmakers dragged their feet for (...)
South Koreans are voting for a new parliament, in what is widely seen as a midterm referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol's administration.
Yoon still has three years left in office but his People Power Party (PPP) has struggled to achieve its agenda (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping held rare talks on Wednesday with a former president of Taiwan who supports closer ties with China, a highly unusual meeting just weeks before the democratic island swears in a new leader Beijing openly loathes.
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Colonization, bloodshed, war crimes, occupation, controversial military bases. These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and the Philippines.
But when the leaders of the three countries sit down at the (...)
The Foreign Office should be abolished and replaced by a new Department for International Affairs with "fewer colonial era pictures on the wall", a group of former senior diplomats and officials has said.
They have written a pamphlet proposing (...)
Hong Kong authorities have made the city's largest ever gold smuggling bust, seizing 146kg of the precious metal disguised as machine parts.
The haul is estimated to be worth more than $10m (£8m) and was intercepted last month on route to Japan.
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Spiraling geopolitical tensions have pushed the world to a "historic turning point" and are forcing Japan to change its defense posture, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told CNN Sunday ahead of a closely watched summit with US President Joe (...)
LONDON — An "alliance of authoritarian powers" is working more closely together against Western democracies, the head of NATO has warned.
Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC that Russia, Iran, China and North Korea are increasingly aligned.
He also said (...)
The world's biggest chipmaker is working to resume operations following the massive earthquake that struck Taiwan Wednesday — a welcome sign for makers of products ranging from iPhones and computers to cars and washing machines that rely on advanced (...)
The world's oldest man, Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, has died aged 114 — just two months before what would have been his 115th birthday.
Guinness World Records confirmed the news, stating: "After living through both World Wars, seeing the invention of (...)
BEIJING — Huanchun Cao and his wife face a dilemma confronting so many of China's elderly — who will look after them?
Ask 72-year-old farmer Huanchun Cao about his pension and he reacts with a throaty cackle.
He sucks on his home-rolled cigarette, (...)
Rescuers in Taiwan scrambled to free dozens of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island was struck by its strongest earthquake in 25 years Wednesday, killing at least nine and injuring more than 800 others.
The powerful 7.4 magnitude (...)
North Korea test-fired a presumed intermediate-range ballistic missile on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, its latest military maneuver since leader Kim Jong Un's New Year declaration that he was ending a policy seeking reconciliation with the (...)
The Community Jameel Saudi Foundation has unveiled its 2023 Annual Report, showcasing a series of impactful programs and initiatives designed to enhance economic, social, environmental, and technological development in alignment with Saudi Arabia's (...)
Ukraine's foreign minister arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for a two-day visit to boost bilateral ties and cooperation with India, a time-tested Russian ally from the Cold War era.
Dmytro Kuleba will meet with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam (...)