WASHINGTON, Sept 23 - Four of US President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans called on his administration on Wednesday to release more than $15 billion in stalled national security assistance for Taiwan, as he prepared to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping for a three-day
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told leaders at the United Nations on Wednesday that Ukraine was ready for a maritime truce in the Black Sea based on proposals by Egypt, India and Turkey and said it was now up to Russia to respond.
MOSCOW, Sept 23 - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that high turnout in last weekend's parliamentary election showed that Russians support their armed forces fighting in Ukraine and the authorities' efforts to protect national security.
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 - Iran will not surrender in the war with the United States, but believes in diplomacy to try to end the conflict, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI, Sept 23 - Hundreds of students protested in Delhi on Wednesday, demanding better safety for women, after a teenager said she had been gang-raped by three men posing as police officers at a park in the national capital this week.
BEIJING, Sept 23 - China's President Xi Jinping will arrive in Washington this week without the delegation of Chinese business leaders that Beijing had sought to bring for meetings with US President Donald Trump, two people familiar with the matter said.
Cambodian PM Hun Manet also vowed to not let his country become a “safe haven” for online scams.
He noted four individuals requested “tens of thousands of dollars” on Sept 22 alone for houses, vehicles and tuition for their children.
They cited severe risks of ongoing violence and forced conscription.
In an exclusive interview with CNA’s Roland Lim, British Minister of State for Trade Anas Sarwar discusses London’s push to balance its relationships with the United States and China while strengthening ties with Southeast Asia.
The BBC’s China correspondent and US editor explain everything you need to know ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting in Washington DC.
The Asian Development Bank raised its 2026 growth projection for the region to 5 per cent, up 0.1 percentage points from its July forecast.
WASHINGTON, Sept 23 - US President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington on Wednesday for a three-day visit where the superpowers' tensions over trade, technology and Tehran will play out against a backdrop of pomp and ceremony.
BAKU, Sept 23 - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned a French national jailed for espionage on Wednesday, a day after the EU lifted sanctions on Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov following what diplomats said was pressure from Baku.
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23 - Pakistan curbed access on Wednesday to its capital, Islamabad, ahead of a march planned by supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, blocking major highways with shipping containers and deploying tens of thousands of security forces.
The deal would have given Britain a 99-year lease of the base, with the option to extend.
Mahan Air flight IRM093 landed in Guangzhou at 4.39pm local time on Sept 23.
She was also ordered to pay RM30,000 in costs.
President Xi tightens his grip on the military, but sweeping purges may set back his Taiwan plans.
Beijing has worked with regional governments to repatriate tens of thousands of cybercrime suspects.
Her address comes as doubts persist over the UN’s ability to address challenges to rules-based order.
September 22, 2026 Letter to the Editor: Cambodia’s campaign against online scams Mu Sochua’s September 22 op-ed, “Cambodia’s anti-scam summit can’t whitewash its own record,” does not reflect Cambodia’s current efforts to combat online scams. Cambodia does not claim to have
Rescuers found five bodies on Sept 21, four on Sept 22 and seven on Sept 23.
Sabah’s tourism minister Jafry Ariffin has ordered a full investigation into the incident but some netizens in China have expressed second thoughts about visiting.
United States President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping face a crowded agenda in Washington. Beyond immediate outcomes, a key question is whether their summit can help build a relationship less dependent on them, say analysts.
Analysts say Min Aung Hlaing is using the prospect of loosening her detention to entice countries into engaging.
They want adults to see children as independent people with their own thoughts, tastes and feelings.
At least four senators loyal to her are now absent from the impeachment proceedings.
The country’s females are four times more likely to be underweight than their male counterparts.
For nearly a century, American global power has rested on a three-legged tripod: unmatched military firepower, the ubiquitous sovereignty of the US dollar and the intellectual dominance of its higher-education system. While aircraft carriers project hard power and Wall Street
The ferry, the Virgo Transport 8, was carrying 243 people, including 30 crew members, when it capsized in bad weather early on Sep 13 during a voyage from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan.
WELLINGTON, Sept 23 - New Zealand's Parliament wrapped up its final sitting on Wednesday before a Nov 7 election, with party leaders using the closing debate to press their competing cases to voters ahead of what is expected to be a close poll.
WELLINGTON, Sept 23 - New Zealand 54th parliament sits for its final time this week ahead of a Nov. 7 election. Polls indicate that no one party will emerge as a clear winner with neck-to-neck support for both left and right blocks.
Earlier this month, more than 80 metric tons of dried chilies from Pakistan arrived at the Chengdu International Railway Port. Packed into eight containers, the cargo entered China through Qinzhou Port in Guangxi, then moved inland to Chengdu via a sea-rail intermodal service
The Trump administration came perilously close to launching another bombing campaign against Yemen this weekend. According to a September 20 New York Times report, US commanders had approved their targets, American troops were loading bombs onto warplanes, and an attack on
As human beings we have always been sitting ducks to extinction’s cosmic whims. We are a few astronomical units away from a life-ending meteor or comet strike, the kind that wiped out the dinosaurs after they were their own animal kingdom for a couple of hundred million years.
Trump and Xi are expected to discuss a range of issues from trade to AI during the latter's multi-day visit to Washington.
The storm approached Japan’s Kanto region on Sept 21, triggering landslides and floods, and damaging hundreds of homes.
In a rambling, lie-laden speech Tuesday to world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US President Donald Trump again threatened to “annihilate” Iran if its leaders don’t agree to a deal to end the illegal war of choice he started nearly seven
The boom in the non-strategic beauty sector underlines China’s manufacturing prowess.
US President Donald Trump approved a S$14 billion package for Taiwan in December.