Asia Pacific
Japan vows to boost missile defense after North Korea parade
Japan vowed Monday to bolster its missile deterrence capability to respond to threats by North Korean weapons that are becoming “more diverse ...Armenia, Azerbaijan clash as ceasefire fails to stick
A ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region was failing to hold Monday as the two Caucasus rivals exchanged ...Heavy shelling and civilian casualties dash hopes for Karabakh ceasefire
Hopes that a Russian-brokered ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan might hold were further dashed Sunday, with both sides accusing the other of ...China backs Iran nuclear deal, calls for new MidEast forum
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has called for a new forum to defuse tensions in the Middle East after a meeting with ...Armenia, Azerbaijan agree ceasefire, start of ‘substantive’ talks
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on Saturday to a ceasefire and to begin “substantive talks” over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after nearly ...Taiwan president calls for ‘meaningful dialogue’ with China
Taiwan wants to have “meaningful dialogue” with China on an equal basis, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Saturday, extending an olive branch ...Moscow talks raise hopes of a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces fought new clashes on Friday, while plans to hold talks in Moscow raised hopes of ending the ...China joins COVAX initiative for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
China said on Friday it has joined a global COVID-19 vaccine initiative co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO), becoming the biggest ...Karabakh fighting turns residents into ‘vagabond’ refugees
“We’ve become vagabonds,” says Knarik Movsisyan, one among the tens of thousands forced to flee fighting between Armenian separatists and the Azerbaijani ...Protesters and vigilantes scuffle in Kyrgyz capital as political crisis festers
Anti-government protesters scuffled with vigilante groups in Kyrgyzstan’s capital of Bishek overnight, after authorities in the Central Asian nation annulled parliamentary election ...
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