Chinese leader Xi Jinping said the US and China should be "partners rather than adversaries" as he met with top American diplomat Antony Blinken in Beijing's cavernous Great Hall of the People on Friday.
The meeting, which took place on the final (...)
Ukraine's prime minister has told the BBC there will be a "Third World War" if Ukraine loses its conflict with Russia, as he urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill.
Denys Shmyhal expressed "careful optimism" that US lawmakers (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Russia has shut down a panel of UN experts that have for years monitored sanctions against North Korea.
The panel last week said it was probing reports that Russia violated rules by buying North Korean weapons like ballistic missiles for use in (...)
Japan's cabinet has approved the export of new fighter jets it is developing with the UK and Italy, in the latest move away from its pacifist policies.
It eased arms export rules to allow the jets to be sold to countries that Japan has signed (...)
The US Air Force has tested a hypersonic cruise missile in the Pacific for the first time, in what analysts say is a signal to China that Washington still competes in a weapons arena where many perceive Beijing to have a distinct advantage.
On March (...)
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Monday, Seoul's military said.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the missile launches in the area of Pyongyang between 7:44 am and 8:22 (...)
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's recent remarks calling for a new election in Israel "should be listened to because Israel's reputation is at risk" as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza (...)
Gyung-ho and Mi-sun's is a classic love story.
They locked eyes at a party and immediately felt a spark. They quickly fell in love, and Gyung-ho asked Mi-sun to move in with him.
But there was a catch.
Gyung-ho lives in the only South Korean village (...)
South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik called on special operations troops Wednesday to equip themselves with capabilities to "swiftly eliminate" the North Korean leadership if it starts a war against the South, Yonhap News Agency reported.
Shin (...)
Space One's 'Kairos' rocket burst into flames shortly after lift-off in western Japan on Wednesday.
The explosion left a large plume of smoke in the air and sent fiery debris flying near the launchpad.
The Tokyo start-up was racing to become Japan's (...)
A South Korean man has been detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage, local media has reported.
South Korean officials have confirmed the arrest and say its diplomats have engaged in talks for his return.
Baek Won-soon was arrested in the (...)
WASHINGTON — To Donald Trump, Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán is "fantastic," Chinese leader Xi Jinping is "brilliant," North Korea's Kim Jong Un is "an OK guy," and, most alarmingly, he allegedly said Adolf Hitler "did some good things," a (...)
North Korean hackers have broken into South Korean chip equipment makers, according to South Korea's spy agency.
Pyongyang is trying to make semiconductors for its weapons programs, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) says.
It comes a month (...)
South Korea and the United States began their annual Freedom Shield joint military drills on Monday to bolster readiness against North Korea.
The 11-day drills will integrate elements of "live exercises" with constructive simulations, according to (...)
It translates as "crooked horn", but President Zelensky calls Kryvyi Rih his "big soul and heart".
He credits this gritty, industrial city with molding his character. He grew up in a sprawling block of flats known as the Anthill.
When you stand in (...)
New recruits to the Japanese military will be allowed to have longer hair in a bid to attract more young people, the country's Defense Ministry has said.
The announcement comes as Japan struggles with a shortage of soldiers in the face of growing (...)
North Korea hacked into the personal emails of an aide to the South Korean president, his office has confirmed to the BBC.
The breach occurred in the run-up to President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to the UK last November.
The staff member was (...)
Last month, reports emerged that North Koreans working in China had rioted, after finding out they would not be paid, and that their wages had instead been put toward building weapons for Pyongyang.
Instances of North Koreans protesting are (...)
North Korea has fired several cruise missiles in waters off its east coast, South Korea's military says.
In recent months the nuclear-armed communist state has tested missiles repeatedly, raising regional tension.
Sunday's launch took place near the (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit Kim Jong Un soon, North Korean state media reported Sunday, the latest sign of increasing cooperation between the two authoritarian leaders as war rages in Ukraine and military tensions increase in (...)