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BEIJING — China's Fujian maritime safety administration launched a three-day special joint patrol and inspection operation in the central and northern parts of the Taiwan Strait that includes moves to board ships, it said on its WeChat account. The move comes amid heightened tensions between China and Taiwan, with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosting Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in...
Several explosions shook an occupied Ukrainian city regarded as the “Gateway to Crimea” on Wednesday, as Russian collaborators warned Ukraine’s spring offensive could begin imminently.
The United States, Britain, Albania and Malta walked out on Russia's envoy for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - as she spoke by video to U.N. Security Council members on Wednesday.
The social media site appears to no longer be enforcing its own policies designed to limit the influence of government propaganda.
Risking China's anger, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday as a “great friend of America" in a fraught show of U.S. support at a rare high-level, bipartisan meeting on U.S. soil. Speaking carefully to avoid unnecessarily escalating tensions with Beijing, Tsai and McCarthy steered clear of calls from hard-liners in the U.S. for a more confrontational stance toward China in defense of self-ruled Taiwan.
A fire briefly broke out at a building belonging to Russia's defence ministry in the centre of Moscow on Wednesday evening, Russian state news agencies reported, citing emergency services.
President of Poland Andrzej Duda on Wednesday, as part of the visit of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Warsaw, awarded him the Order of the White Eagle - the country’s highest award.
Top Arab politician calls for ouster of Shabtai, who accuses Ben Gvir of leaking contents of phone call amid feud over establishment of national guard
Cisco Systems has left the Russian market, destroying tens of millions of dollars worth of equipment and components in the process. This is because the network equipment developer has no plans to resume operations in the country.
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Wednesday a Chinese aircraft carrier group was in the waters off the island's southeast coast, the same day President Tsai Ing-wen was due to meet U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Los Angeles.
Japan's Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa says his country wants to secure its cooperation with NATO to strengthen international order based on the rule of law.
Ukraine wants to use eight new storm brigades totalling 40,000 soldiers for a counter-offensive in the coming weeks or months.
Russia's supply of long-range, high-precisions missiles has been "nearly" used up, Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said on April 5.
At least 200 Russian journalists have signed an open letter calling on the Russian government to release American journalist Evan Gershkovich after he was detained and charged with espionage last week.
Fu Cong, China’s Ambassador to the EU, said that statements about “no limits to friendship” between China and Russian are “nothing but rhetoric”.
Peter Murrell was taken into police custody as officers searched his home and the SNP's headquarters.
A World Health Organisation report found treatment is underfunded in countries across the globe.
Canadian politician, poet, an India MP and journalists are among 120 accounts that have been withheld
The Dutch offshore restoration project, Ocean Cleanup, says it has reached a milestone. The organization's plastic catching efforts have now fished more than 200,000 kilograms of plastic out of the Pacific Ocean, Ocean Cleanup said on Twitter.