Asia Pacific
Taiwan says it convinced China to rein in no-fly zone plan
Taiwan said on Wednesday it had successfully urged China to drastically narrow its plan to close air space north of the island, ...Macron comments leave senior Taiwanese official ‘puzzled’
Comments by French President Emmanuel Macron on Taiwan are puzzling, a senior Taiwanese politician said, wondering whether France’s founding ideals of liberty, equality and ...China practices blockades on last scheduled day of Taiwan drills
China’s military carried out aerial and naval blockade drills around Taiwan on Monday, its last scheduled day of exercises, with a Chinese ...China simulates hitting ‘key targets’ on Taiwan
China’s military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island on Sunday, with the island’s defence ...Chinese planes cross Taiwan Strait median line
Forty-two Chinese fighter jets briefly crossed the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait on Saturday as China began drills around Taiwan ...Macron tells Xi to reason with Russia for Ukraine peace
French President Emmanuel Macron urged China’s Xi Jinping on Thursday to reason with Russia and help bring an end to the war ...Macron, Biden want to engage China to end war in Ukraine, Elysee says
French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed in a telephone call ahead of a visit to Beijing by Macron ...UN flags Taliban order to bar women workers, tells Afghan staff to stay home
The United Nations “received word of an order” by the Taliban authorities banning Afghan women from working for the world body in ...Fire on Philippine passenger ferry kills 28 people
At least 28 people have died including a 6-month old baby after a fire broke out on an inter-island passenger ferry in ...Earthquake in Afghanistan kills at least 13, nine of them in Pakistan
At least 13 people were killed and more than 90 injured in Pakistan and Afghanistan after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck late ...