Asia Pacific
Armenia says Azerbaijan responds to peace proposals, big gaps remain
Azerbaijan has sent new proposals to Armenia in their longstanding attempts to reach a peace deal, but big gaps remain between the ...North Korea’s Kim meets Putin in Russia as missiles launched from Pyongyang
By Guy Faulconbridge and Soo-Hyang Choi Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would discuss ...Kim Jong-un meets with Vladimir Putin in Russia’s far east
By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia on Tuesday, for what the ...Separatist parliament in Azerbaijan’s breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region elects new president
By AVET DEMOURIAN, AP Lawmakers in Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway Armenian-populated region of Azerbaijan, voted to elect a new separatist president on Saturday in ...G20 aides agree on Ukraine war phrasing as leaders begin summit
By Nandita Bose, Sarita Chaganti Singh and Shivangi Acharya Reuters Delegates from the world’s most powerful countries have reached a compromise on ...North Korea unveils first tactical, nuclear-armed submarine
By Josh Smith and Soo-Hyang Choi Reuters North Korea has launched its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine” and assigned it to ...Hong Kong hit by heaviest rainstorm in 140 years
By ZEN SOO AP Hong Kong on Friday closed schools and halted trading on the stock exchange as torrential rain lashed the ...South China soaks as rains from Haikui continue to pound region
The remnants of Typhoon Haikui drenched China for a third day since making landfall, as moisture-laden clouds dumped rain onto the country’s ...Indonesia warns ASEAN on ‘destructive’ rivalry as Jakarta summit opens
By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto Reuters Indonesia warned on Tuesday against Southeast Asia’s bloc getting dragged into big-power rivalry as leaders ...North Korea’s Kim Jong Un may meet with Putin in Russia this month
BY LOU KESTEN AP A U.S. official said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia soon to meet with ...