Seoul, February 14 (AP): Former US President Donald Trump has criticised the Biden administration over its handling of North Korea, at an event in South Korea that included as a guest speaker former Vice-Presid
Washington, February 14 (AP): Some airlines cancelled flights to the Ukrainian capital and troops there unloaded fresh shipments of weapons from NATO members Sunday, as its president sought to project confidenc
Bangkok, February 14 (AP): Japanese beverage giant Kirin Holdings said Monday it has decided to withdraw from its joint venture in Myanmar.
Kirin, owner of the San Miguel, Fat Tire and Lion brands, said its
Rome, February 13 (AP): By the thousands, Americans have been seeking religious exemptions in order to circumvent COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but generally they are doing so without the encouragement of major de
Moscow, February 13 (AP): Some airlines have cancelled or diverted flights to Ukraine amid heightened fears that an invasion by Russia is imminent despite intensive weekend talks between the Kremlin and the Wes
Washington, February 12 (AP): President Joe Biden told Russia's Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause widespread human suffering and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis but
Honolulu, February 13 (AP): U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Japanese and South Korean counterparts Saturday in Hawaii to discuss the threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea after Pyongyang bega
Kathmandu, February 13 (PTI): Nepal's ruling coalition lawmakers on Sunday filed an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JB Rana over allegations of corruption.
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Budapest, February 12 (AP) Hungary's nationalist prime minister warned Saturday that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could send hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing across the border into his c
Washington, February 12 (AP) President Joe Biden told Russia's Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause widespread human suffering and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis but
Kabul, February 12 (AP) The Taliban released two foreign journalists working with the U.N. refugee agency and several of the aid organization's Afghan staff on Friday, UNHCR said, hours after news broke abo
Washington, February 12 (AP) The United States is set to evacuate its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent.
U.S. officials say th
Moscow, February 12 (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden are to hold a high-stakes telephone call on Saturday as tensions over a possibility imminent invasion of Ukraine escalated sh
Wellington, February 12 (AP) The US says it will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, laying out in unusually blunt terms a plan to increase its influence in the South Pacific nation before China becomes str
Bangkok, February 12 (AP) The head of Myanmar's military government appealed Saturday for national unity among the country's restive ethnic minorities as he presided over a parade marking the 75th anniv
Kabul, February 11 (AP): The Taliban have detained two foreign journalists on assignment with the UN refugee agency and a number of its Afghan staff working in the country's capital, UNHCR said Friday.
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Geneva, February 11 (AP): An annual report from the United Nations labour agency Friday highlighted the work conditions of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China's western Xinjiang region, noting sign
Hassakeh (Syria), February 11 (AP): The Islamic State is a growing threat to northeast Syria, and the group will again flourish unless immediate action is taken, the Kurdish-led region's security chief said
Paris, February 11 (AP): French researcher Luc Montagnier, who won a Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the HIV virus and more recently spread false claims about the coronavirus, has died at age 89, accor
Canberra, February 11 (AP): Confrontation with China is not inevitable, but the United States must stand up with its allies for a rules-based system threatened by Chinese aggression, Secretary of State Antony B