Asia Pacific
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 ...‘Dear friends’ Xi and Putin meet in Moscow as Ukraine war rages
Chinese President Xi Jinping met his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, seeking both to deepen economic ties with an ...China’s Xi Jinping in Russia for talks with Putin
Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into Moscow on Monday where he was expected to press Beijing’s role as a potential peacemaker in ...At least 22 people killed in suspected massacre at Myanmar monastery
At least 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according to a ...China’s Xi to meet Putin in Moscow next week
Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in Russia from March 20-22 for a state visit after he was invited by President Vladimir ...














