Kuala Lumpur:  Friday's shocking assassination of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world's safest countries stunned leaders and drew condemnation, with Iran calling it an “act...

Tokyo:  Shinzo Abe, a divisive archconservative who was Japan's longest-serving prime minister and remained a powerful and influential politician after leaving office, has died after being shot during a campaign...

Jakarta: Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations are gathering in Indonesia's resort island of Bali for talks bound to be dominated by the conflict...

Beijing:  The United States is "the biggest threat to world peace, stability and development," China said on Thursday, continuing its sharp rhetoric in response to US accusations of Chinese spying...

Mecca:  One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on Wednesday for the largest hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of...

Beijing:  China launched a scathing attack on the US and NATO on Wednesday, days before a meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi....

Pokrovsk (Ukraine):  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, one day after Ukrainian forces withdrew from their last remaining bulwark of resistance...

Bangkok: China's top diplomat on Saturday arrived on his first visit to Myanmar since the military seized power last year to attend a regional meeting that the government said was...

Bangkok:  China's top diplomat on Saturday arrived on his first visit to Myanmar since the military seized power last year to attend a regional meeting that the government said was...

Istanbul: Turkey's media watchdog has banned access to the Turkish services of US public service broadcaster Voice of America and German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, prompting criticism of censorship. The Supreme...