Asia Pacific
North Korea’s Kim vows ‘full support’ for Russia in Ukraine as Putin announces deal to ...
By: KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised full support for Russia’s war in Ukraine before beginning a ...Putin vows trade, security with North Korea beyond reach of West
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith Reuters Vladimir Putin promised to build trade and security systems with North Korea that are not ...14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case
By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO, Associated Press Fourteen pro-democracy activists were convicted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case on Thursday ...Myanmar’s Rohingya in the crosshairs as fighting escalates in Rakhine
Myanmar’s Muslim-minority Rohingya community is once again under threat of attacks and displacement as fighting between a powerful ethnic army and the ...Hundreds feared dead in massive Papua New Guinea landslide
Rescue crews arrived at the site of a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea’s remote highlands Saturday, helping villagers search for hundreds ...Australia, New Zealand send evacuation flights to New Caledonia
By Kirsty Needham and Lucy Craymer Reuters Australia and New Zealand began evacuating nationals from New Caledonia on Tuesday, with government planes ...Eruption of Indonesia’s Mt Ibu forces seven villages to evacuate
A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky, and people ...Taiwan lawmakers exchange blows in bitter dispute over parliament reforms
By Ben Blanchard and Fabian Hamacher Reuters Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday in a bitter ...Xi, Putin hail ties as ‘stabilising’ force in chaotic world
By James EDGAR AFP Leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin framed their nations’ ties as a stabilising force in a chaotic world as they met Thursday ...New Caledonia closes airport, imposes curfew after violence
By Lucy Craymer, Kirsty Needham and Gus Trompiz Reuters Authorities in the French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia shut the international airport, ...














