Asia Pacific
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 ...Taiwan says military under pressure from China as missions mount
Taiwan’s military has launched aircraft to intercept Chinese planes more than twice as much as all of last year, the island’s defence ...Nearly 40 nations demand China respect Uighur human rights
The US, Japan and many EU nations joined a call on Tuesday urging China to respect the human rights of minority Uighurs, ...Armenians, Azeris accuse each other of striking civilian areas
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas on a ninth day of fighting, the deadliest in the ...














