In June, Putin went to Vietnam where he was warmly received and given a column in one of the country’s most influential newspapers. He also signed deals to expand cooperation …
US and Taiwanese officials held talks in Taipei on expanding the island’s role in international affairs, the US State Department said on Saturday. “The consultations focused on expanding Taiwan’s meaningful …
A Philippine navy sailor suffered “serious injury” after what the country’s military called on Tuesday “intentional-high speed ramming” by the Chinese coastguard during a resupply mission in the South China …
The Hong Kong government responded that “the so-called ‘sanctions’ mentioned by some foreign politicians smack of despicable political manipulation to intimidate judges, judicial officers and prosecutors from the Department of …
The talks coincided with two days of People’s Liberation Army drills that simulated a blockade of Taiwan. The military exercises came days after the inauguration of the self-ruled island’s new …
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron called the law “dangerous and worrying”. Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron. Photo: Reuters Although homosexuality is taboo in the largely conservative Iraqi society, and political …
Armed Israeli settlers shot dead two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Monday, hours after Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager during a military raid, officials said. Monday’s violence …
Assurances that Washington does not support independence for the self-ruled island are a regular fixture in high-level dialogue with Beijing. In his first meeting with Biden after the US leader …
The Palestinians want the Security Council to vote later this month on their revived request for full membership in the United Nations, despite the United States reiterating that Israel and …
A top US State Department official has acknowledged that the US was aware that the Pacific island nation of Nauru was weighing whether to switch its diplomatic ties from Taiwan …