Japan protests China’s detention of citizen, maritime action
TOKYO, 2 Apr: Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi protested in a meeting Sunday with his Chinese counterpart the detention of a Japanese national in...
India’s economic package has given Sri Lanka breathing space, need to seek bailout from...
Colombo, Jan 15 (PTI) India's financial package has prevented Sri Lanka from spiralling into a major economic tailspin for the time being, top economist...
Japan, South Korea protest China visa stoppage in COVID spat
TOKYO , 11 Jan (AP) Japan and South Korea defended their public health restrictions on travelers from China on Wednesday, a day after China...
Curfew for young people after Milwaukee shootings injure 21
MILWAUKEE , May 14 (AP) — Milwaukee officials on Saturday enacted a curfew for young people and added extra patrols after 21 people were...
Israel plans to double settlement in Golan Heights
MEVO HAMA, Golan Heights , Dec 26 (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday the country intends to double the amount of...
South Korea says Russian support likely enabled North Korea to successfully launch a spy...
SEOUL, South Korea, 23 Nov (AP) — South Korea has concluded that Russian support likely enabled North Korea to put a spy satellite into...
Pakistani court extends protection from arrest in graft cases to former premier Nawaz Sharif
ISLAMABAD , 24 Oct (AP) — A Pakistani court has extended protection from arrest to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in graft cases while...
South Korea takes steps to suspend licenses of striking doctors after they refuse to...
SEOUL, South Korea, 4 Mar (AP) — South Korea’s government began steps Monday to suspend the medical licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors,...
Jaishankar flags ‘sharpening of tensions’ on territorial issues across Asia amidst China’s rise
Abu Dhabi, Dec 5 (PTI) The consequences of China's rise and its growing capabilities are "particularly profound", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said...
Japan PM says dialogue with China, South Korea key to stability
Tokyo, Jun 21 (AP) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday that talks with China's leader are key to regional and international peace and...
19 die, over 20 injured in bus crash in central Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh, 19 Mar: A speeding bus fell into a roadside ditch in central Bangladesh on Sunday apparently after the driver lost control, leaving...
Several killed in flash floods in southern Iran
Tehran, 23 Jul: Flooding in southern Iran has killed at least 17 people and left six others missing following heavy rainfall in the largely...
Trump sues ex-British spy over dossier containing ‘shocking and scandalous claims’
LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump told a London judge Monday that the ex-president plans to prove that a discredited report by...
Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on
BEIRUT, 17 May (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah this week struck a military post in northern Israel using a drone that fired...
In Israel’s killing of 3 hostages, some see the same excessive force directed at...
TEL AVIV, Israel, 18 Dec (AP) — Israelis were left stunned and speechless when three hostages held by Hamas were killed by Israeli forces...
Zelenskyy vows retaliation for Chernihiv attack that killed seven people and wounded almost 150
KYIV, Ukraine, 20 Aug: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday vowed stern retaliation for a Russian missile strike in the center of the northern...
Turkey, Greece trade accusations over 92 naked migrants
ANKARA, Turkey , Oct 17 (AP) — Turkey and Greece on Monday exchanged more mutual recrimination over 92 migrants who were found stripped naked...
US health officials call for booster shots against COVID-19
NEW YORK , Aug 18 (AP) — U.S. health officials Wednesday recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid...
A roadside bomb hits a bus in northern Pakistan and kills 3 people
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 2 Sep (AP) — A roadside bomb struck a bus in northern Pakistan on Monday, killing three people including two security officials,...
French prosecutor says alleged attacker in school stabbing declared allegiance to Islamic State
PARIS, 17 Oct (AP) — France’s anti-terror prosecutor said Tuesday that a suspected Islamic extremist declared allegiance to the Islamic State group before fatally...