NEW YORK – The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Wednesday on a bid for an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of...
SYDNEY – Australian Adam Brookman, 39, a nurse who says he was forced by Islamic State militants to work as a medic in Syria was...
BEIJING – China’s Foreign Ministry has urged the U.S. to live up to its pledge of not taking sides on the South China Sea issue...
. . KACHIN – China’s foreign ministry have launched diplomatic protests after a Myanmar court handed down more than 150 life sentences to Chinese nationals for...
BEIJING – A salad delivery service called Sweetie Salad, publicity stunt of parading dozens of half-naked Western men dressed as Spartans through China’s capital, caused...
BEIJING – China’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday it reserves the right to a “Necessary Reaction” after Japan issued a defense review that called on Beijing...
DUBAI – Iran will not accept any extension of sanctions beyond 10 years, an official said on Wednesday, in the latest attempt by its pragmatist...
PYONGYANG – According to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un is preparing to launch a new, long-range rocket, possibly in October, having completed...
TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says China’s aggressive maritime activities in the East China Sea are among the major threats to the country’s...
DONETSK – A German reporter investigating the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine has published a new video allegedly shot by local...
PYONGYANG – North Korea’s first mock elections since Kim Jong-un took control in December 2011 were held over the weekend and saw a 99.97 percent...
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and...
AORDOS – A Spokesman for two of the nine foreign tourists being detained by Chinese authorities for allegedly watching terror propaganda videos last week were...
TEHRAN – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that a historic nuclear deal reached with world powers earlier this week won’t have any...
BERLIN – German lawmakers gave their go ahead on Friday for the euro zone to negotiate a third bailout for Greece, heeding a warning from...
A year to the day after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine, an Australian news organization released a video purporting to show pro-Russian...
BEIJING – China’s Ministry of National Defense has released a statement saying, Japan’s approval of “unprecedented” legislation to expand its military role risked unsettling the...
ATHENS – Greece’s citizens awoke with a political hangover on Thursday after parliament approved a stringent bailout program, thanks to the votes of the pro-European...
ALMOLOYA – Mexico’s most prized prisoner paced his cell, first to the latrine, then the shower, then the bed. At every turn around the tiny...
TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made another pitch on July 15 for security bills which would beef up Japan’s military, as he pushed...