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US president welcomes Gaza truce: statement

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden on Sunday welcomed a truce between Israel and Islamic Jihad…

China’s largest-ever Taiwan military drills draw to a close

  by Poornima Weerasekara, with Catherine Lai in Taipei Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's largest-ever military exercises…

China ending cooperation with US on multiple issues

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China on Friday said it was cancelling several defence meetings and suspending key climate talks…

Blinken hails ‘strong’ US-Philippine alliance in talks with Marcos

  by Allison JACKSON Agence France Presse US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr…

Russian court jails US basketball star for nine years over drug smuggling

  by Victoria LOGUINOVA-YAKOVLEVA Agence France Presse A Russian court on Thursday sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine…

Analyst weighs in on Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and its impact on ASEAN

Foreign policy & security analyst Lucio Blanco Pitlo weighs in on the recent visit of US Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi to…

Chinese fighter jets and warships crossed median line, says Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Taipei's military said Chinese fighter jets and ships crossed the median line that runs down the…

Pelosi says US will ‘not allow’ China to isolate Taiwan

by Katie Forster / Tomohiro OSAKI Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that…

China to hold fresh drills around Taiwan despite US condemnation

by By Sebastien Ricci with Beiyi Seow in Beijing and Amber Wang in Taipei Agence France-Presse PINGTAN, China (AFP) --…

Twitter says Musk making up excuses to breach deal

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Twitter on Thursday said the notion Elon Musk was "hoodwinked" into inking a $44…

Chinese missiles ‘serious problem that impacts our national security’: Japan PM

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's prime minister on Friday condemned China's firing of ballistic missiles during military drills around Taiwan,…

America’s largest mall under lockdown in ‘active incident’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- America's largest mall went into lockdown Thursday over what police described as an "active incident,"…

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