International relations
N.Korea ‘flatly Rejects’ UN Vow To Tighten Sanctions
North Korea on Tuesday "flatly rejected" a United Nations statement vowing to punish its latest banned missile test...
Trump Arrives For Talks With Palestinian Leader In Bethlehem
US President Donald Trump arrived for talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank...
NATO and EU Wonder Which Trump Will Turn Up
Hoping for the best, fearing the worst: EU and NATO leaders are braced for their first meeting with US President Donald...
UN Calls On North Korea To Stop Missile Tests
The United Nations on Monday called on North Korea to put a stop to its ballistic missile tests in order to open up the...
UN Envoy Eyes New Syria Peace Talks In June
Despite little progress in the latest round of Syrian peace talks, negotiations are set to resume in June, the UN envoy...
TPP Trade Deal Will Continue Without Trump
The controversial trade pact was dealt a blow when the US ditched the deal Asia-Pacific trade ministers have agreed to...
Trump Slams Iran In First Foreign Speech
US President Donald Trump made a 30-minute speech on Sunday in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on his first foreign...
Barred From WHO Meet, Taiwan Urges Global ‘pressure’ On China
Taiwan voiced deep disappointment Sunday at its exclusion from a major World Health Organization meeting, and urged...
China ‘crippled CIA By Killing US Sources’
Up to 20 CIA informants were killed or imprisoned by the Chinese government between 2010 and 2012, the New York Times...
US, Saudi Agree Arms Deals Worth Almost $110 Billion
Washington has agreed arms deals with Saudi Arabia worth almost $110 billion, a White House official said Saturday, the...
Assad Vows To Continue Working With Iran After Rouhani Win
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad lauded his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani Saturday on his election victory and...
Moscow Says US Coalition Strikes On Syrian Forces ‘unacceptable’
Russia on Friday condemned strikes by the US-led coalition against Syrian forces as "unacceptable", state media...
Japan Scrambles Jets After China Allegedly Flies Drone
Japan said Friday it scrambled fighter jets after a Chinese vessel sailing in disputed waters launched a drone, the...
Israel Declassifies Six-Day War Archives
Israel on Thursday released thousands of previously classified official documents charting political decisions during...
Some NATO Allies Favour Joining Anti-IS Coalition
Some NATO allies believe joining the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq could send a...
NATO Chief Says ‘trusts All Allies’ On Intelligence Sharing
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that he had complete confidence in allies' sharing of sensitive intelligence,...
US Presses Idea of NATO Taking Over Training of Iraq Troops
The top US military commander floated the idea late Wednesday of NATO assuming some responsibility for training troops...
S.Korea, Japan Seek To Lower Tensions Over ‘comfort Women’
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with a senior South Korean envoy on Thursday, as the two countries try to lower...
Iran Condemns New US Missile Sanctions
Iran criticised new US sanctions on its missile programme on Thursday, saying they would undermine the nuclear deal...