For months, Bangladesh and India had been attempting that favorite diplomatic maneuver, the “reset,” a word suggesting that international relations, like an obstinate Wi-Fi router, can be repaired by switching everything off and starting again. There was certainly plenty to
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, and said the Asian nation held 57 \"very powerful\" nuclear weapons.
Kim Yo Jong nevertheless said her brother still had “good memories and feelings” about the US president.
China is closing the gap that has given SpaceX a near-monopoly in heavy-lift rocket launches.
For decades, India-Israel defense relations were straightforward. Israel possessed military technologies, weapons systems and operational expertise that India wanted, while India offered one of the world’s largest defense and weaponry markets. That equation is now changing at
SEOUL, Aug 19 - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that Beijing was \"actively considering\" a summit between the leaders of South Korea and China at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen in November, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said.
SEOUL, Aug 19 - North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Wednesday denied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's claim that Pyongyang plans to send up to 50,000 more troops to Russia to fight for its ally.
The regulator gave Roblox three months to roll out measures.
The rare find came during excavations of a rampart of the Abhayagiri temple complex in Anuradhapura.
The Japanese government will compile the aid package by the end of August.
The paralysed woman was buried alive under collapsed bamboo walls.
The Philippines plans to turn Balabac island into a forward operating base for its air force.
There were after repeated incidents, involving passengers believed to be Chinese traders, rushing past queues.
MANILA, Aug 19 - Philippine authorities were trying to understand how a student whom teachers described as academically strong livestreamed carrying out a fatal shooting at his school before turning the gun on himself, as lawmakers debate measures ranging from social media
A student who live-streamed a fatal school shooting was described as academically strong.
The patient, a man in his 60s with an intellectual disability, had a toe detached after a fall.
NEW YORK – As global bond yields spike amid the latest Middle East tremors, Japan is at the epicenter. Surging US Treasury rates are getting most of the attention – even from geopolitical observers like Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer, who notes that the “Treasury will struggle to
The US plans to impose sanctions on ICC President Tomoko Akane and a Senegalese lawyer on the prosecution team that sought an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The taxis can be hailed through the Kakao T app within the designated operating area in Gangnam.
The visit comes after South Korea and the United States scaled back joint military exercises.
SEOUL, Aug 19 - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for talks with South Korean officials, media reported, after Seoul and Washington scaled back joint military drills amid U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to revive diplomacy with North Korean
Guo Degang was accused of “violating public order and good customs” after changing the lyrics of a classic Chinese revolutionary song during a recent performance.
Leroy Saunders died on Aug 13, but no medical cause had been disclosed.
BEIJING, Aug 19 - A pioneer of China's aerospace programme, Liu Jiyuan, died in Beijing aged 93 after an illness, the main space contractor said on Wednesday.
A pack of 20 cigarettes from a leading brand currently costs up to A$60 (S$54) in Australia.
China's robot boom faces fierce competition, steep costs and a long road to wider adoption.
Kem Monovithya has been made as a “special envoy” - a rank equal to a government minister.
The issue is becoming more pressing as Vietnam embarks on vast urban and infrastructure projects.
BEIJING, Aug 19 - China on Wednesday urged respect for each country's digital sovereignty, after a report the U.S. would ask countries to choose sides in the artificial intelligence race with Beijing.
Sniffer dogs also found more than 1.5 million illegal cigarettes on board.
LandSpace achieved the feat with its Zhuque-3 rocket on Wednesday (Aug 19), delivering China’s first successful ground-based, leg-assisted landing of an orbital-class booster.
The move could dash the hopes of Khan’s party and family.
Both men are arrested after the alleged assault on a woman at a karaoke bar during a business event.
Births plunged 15.6 per cent to 29,700, the lowest since records began in the 1960s.
One candidate being considered is Jeonbuk, a province about 200km south of Seoul.
KAINAKARY, India, Aug 19 - This weekend around 20 wooden boats, 100-foot long and powered by about 100 rowers each, will slice through Kerala's backwaters to compete for the most prestigious trophy in the centuries-old sport of \"vallam kali\", or snake boat racing.
China marked late President Jiang Zemin’s birth centenary on Monday (Aug 17) and bid farewell the next day to former Premier Zhu Rongji in two major ceremonies held just 24 hours apart.
BANGKOK, Aug 19 - Thailand is ready to shift its approach to a slow-burn insurgency in its Muslim-majority deep south and revitalise a peace process, Bangkok's chief negotiator said, as violence simmers in one of Southeast Asia's longest-running conflicts.
Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. When US Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby addressed the Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium on August 5, he described an effort to provide the president with more “sensible
South Korea and the US announced on Aug 19 that they will shorten annual military drills to five days from 11.