Antony Blinken meets with China’s President Xi as US, China spar over bilateral and...

BEIJING, 26 Apr: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, stressing the importance of...

Premature baby girl rescued from her dead mother’s womb dies in Gaza after 5...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip, 26 Apr: A premature Palestinian infant, rescued from her mother’s womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike,...

Polish and Lithuanian leaders oversee military drills along their shared border

DIRMISKES, Lithuania, 26 Apr: Polish President Andrzej Duda said Friday that “a potential aggressor must see our readiness” as he and his Lithuanian counterpart...

South Korean police raid office of incoming head of doctors’ group over protracted strikes

SEOUL, South Korea, 26 Apr: South Korean police said Friday they searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of an association of doctors...

Zelenskyy presses the US and allies for Patriot missiles, expected in new $6 billion...

WASHINGTON, 26 Apr: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Kyiv needs Patriot missiles to create an air shield against further Russian missile attacks, and...

Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 22, mostly children, as US...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip, 21 Apr (AP) — Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health...

Voting begins for Maldives Parliament, watched by India and China vying for control of...

MALE, Maldives, 21 Apr (AP) — Maldivians voted in parliamentary elections Sunday, in a ballot crucial for President Mohamed Muizzu, whose policies are keenly...

Ukrainian and Western leaders laud US aid package while the Kremlin warns of ‘further...

KYIV, Ukraine, 21 Apr (AP) — Ukrainian and Western leaders welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, as...

Chinese foreign minister arrives in Cambodia, Beijing’s closest Southeast Asian ally

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, 21 Apr (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Cambodia on Sunday for a three-day official visit to reaffirm...

2 Pakistani customs officials killed and 3 wounded in an attack in the restive...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 21 Apr (AP) — Gunmen opened fire at Pakistani customs officials, killing two and wounding three others in the country’s restive northwest,...

2 Japanese navy helicopters crash in Pacific Ocean; 1 dead, 7 missing

Tokyo, 21 Apr (AP): Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during a nighttime training...

Moscow says 50 Ukrainian drones shot down as attacks spark fires at Russian power...

KYIV, 20 Apr: Ukraine launched a barrage of drones across Russia overnight, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Saturday, in attacks that appeared to...

North Korea says it tested ‘super-large’ cruise missile warhead and new anti-aircraft missile

SEOUL, 20 Apr: North Korea said Saturday it tested a “super-large” cruise missile warhead and a new anti-aircraft missile in a western coastal area...

An Israeli airstrike in Gaza’s south kills at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 children

RAFAH, 20 Apr: An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children,...

About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in...

BANGKOK, 20 Apr: About 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand, officials said Saturday, as fresh fighting erupted at a border town...

Death toll from 4 days of rains rises to 63 in Pakistan with...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 17 Apr: Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from four days...

Myanmar’s ousted leader Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest due to heat,...

BANGKOK, 17 Apr: Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due...

Russian missiles slam into a Ukraine city and kill 14 people as the war...

KYIV, Ukraine, 17 Apr: Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor...

Trump will meet with Polish President Duda as NATO leaders call for additional support...

NEW YORK, 17 Apr: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, a...

A storm dumps record rain across the desert nation of UAE and floods Dubai’s...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 17 Apr: The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever...