MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Taiwan 's foreign minister has flown to the Philippines as head of a high-level delegation of investors, two senior Philippine officials said Saturday, prompting a protest from China and a warning to Manila "not to play with fire." Relations between China and the...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand 's Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra from her position as prime minister, ruling that as the country 's leader she violated constitutional rules on ethics in a phone call with Cambodia 's Senate President Hun Sen. The ruling...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European defense ministers are meeting in Copenhagen to discuss the war in Ukraine, the day after a Russian air assault on Kyiv killed 23 people and badly damaged a European diplomatic compound. Outrage over the attack propelled the political leaders of Europe 's armed...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — European shares were trading lower on Friday following a mixed session in Asia as investors awaited a key U.S. inflation report. Economists expect the U.S. personal consumption expenditures index, due later in the day, to show inflation remained at about 2.6% in July....
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll in a major Russian missile and drone strike on the Ukrainian capital rose to 23, including four children, officials said Friday, as U.S.-led efforts to end the three-year war remain stuck in apparent limbo. Authorities in the Kyiv region declared Friday an...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A visit by a pair of U.S. senators to Taiwan has drawn criticism from China, which claims the island as its own and objects to any contact between officials of the two sides. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, and Nebraska...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel on Friday declared Gaza 's largest city a dangerous combat zone and said it was in the "initial stages" of a planned offensive that has drawn international condemnation. Israel 's military said it suspended mid-day pauses to fighting, which had...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka 's former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was granted bail Tuesday after being arrested over allegations of misusing public funds while in office. Wickremesinghe is the first Sri Lankan former head of state to be arrested and the most prominent among dozens of...
NEW DELHI — Intense rains have lashed parts of Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu region, leaving at least 32 people dead and many missing following a landslide on a Hindu pilgrimage route, news agency Press Trust of India reported Wednesday. The...
ISLAMABAD — India has alerted Pakistan about possible cross-border flooding after heavy monsoon rains in the South Asian region, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday, in what marks the first public official contact between the two nuclear-armed rivals in months. The ministry said New...
KYIV, Ukraine — Norway’s multibillion-dollar military and civilian support for Ukraine’s fight to defeat Russia’s invasion will stretch into next year, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said Monday during a visit to Kyiv, as uncertainty surrounds U.S.-led efforts to secure a peace...
SUMENEP, Indonesia — Hundreds of children in Indonesia lined up for free measles shots Monday as authorities rolled out a vaccination campaign in response to an outbreak that has caused 17 deaths. More than 2,000 children were infected in East Java province over the past eight months, according...
