South Korea took a soldier from the North into custody after the individual crossed the heavily fortified border this week in what is believed to be a defection, South Korea’s
Pakistan and Iran reaffirmed their commitment to regional peace, dialogue and diplomacy on Tuesday, while pledging to further strengthen bilateral cooperation across a range of sectors, said Pakistani Prime Minister
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a war powers resolution on Iran, restricting President Donald Trump from launching further military operations in Iran without congressional approval.The passage of the resolution
Japan’s weather agency warned on Wednesday that the risk of life-threatening landslides and flooding was rapidly rising in the Kyushu region as extremely heavy rainfall battered southwestern Japan.Local residents have
China has detained two Japanese nationals suspected of smuggling banned goods, Tokyo said on Wednesday after media reported that an employee of a major Japanese electronics firm was among those
Australian authorities ramped up surveillance and testing after confirming two cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu, while neighbouring Papua New Guinea suspended all poultry imports from the country.Tests
The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation on Tuesday that aims to speed the construction and availability of more affordable housing, sending it to President Donald Trump to be
A federal judge in California vacated the Trump administration’s nationwide policies expanding arrests at immigration courthouses and the duration for detaining noncitizens in short-term facilities, finding the actions of U.S.
Taiwan’s military needs to test if it can respond immediately to a war breaking out, as the warning time for any Chinese attack is shortening, Defence Minister Wellington Koo said
Cuba on Tuesday denounced the latest sanctions imposed by the United States on five Cuban state-owned entities and a member of the extended family of former Cuban President Raul Castro,