A second major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has said it is ready for China-mediated talks with the junta to end more than a year of renewed fighting that has ravaged areas along the Chinese border.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson -- a right-wing journalist who is a key ally of US President-elect Donald Trump -- announced Tuesday he had interviewed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in ...

China's coast guard said that Philippine coast guard ships came "dangerously close" to its own in a confrontation in the contested South China Sea on Wednesday.

An eerie silence pervades the historic center of Culiacan, capital of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, where infighting among ...

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The UN appealed Wednesday for more $47.4 billion to provide vital assistance next year to nearly 190 million people around the world, as surging conflicts and the climate crisis drive up needs.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that Tokyo was monitoring the situation in South Korea with "exceptional and serious concerns" after the Asian neighbour's president declared then ...

China vows to defend its "national sovereignty" and "territorial integrity" as Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te visits the Marshall Islands on a tour of Pacific nations.

The UN General Assembly on Tuesday called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories and pushed for the creation of a Palestinian state, convening an international conference in ...

Senior aides working for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol offered to resign en masse Wednesday, the Yonhap News Agency reported, after Yoon declared then revoked martial law overnight.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday welcomed South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's decision to lift martial law just hours after he imposed it.

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