Here are developments in Japanese national politics as of the weekend: The Takaichi government is moving forward with a supplemental budget but faces some choices. The LDP’s new study group aimed at supporting Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae attracted most of the party’s
Iran, the United States and mediator Pakistan all said on Saturday (May 23) that progress had been made in talks on ending almost three months of war, with President Donald Trump saying they are "getting a lot closer" to an agreement.
YouTuber Kim Se-eui allegedly used manipulated screenshots and AI-generated audio files to make false claims about actor Kim Soo-hyun, according to media reports.
Mariupol became one of the defining symbols of Russia’s invasion and Ukraine’s resistance. Russia reduced the southern port city to ruins during its siege in 2022. Tens of thousands are believed to have died. Satellite imagery later revealed sprawling mass graves outside the
WASHINGTON, May 23 - President Donald Trump said on Saturday that negotiators for the United States and Iran were \"getting a lot closer\" to finalizing an agreement to end the war, according to an interview with CBS News.
The satirical group has gained millions of followers as "the voice of the lazy and unemployed".
NEW DELHI/DUBAI, May 23 - Iran, the United States and mediator Pakistan all said on Saturday that progress had been made in talks on ending almost three months of war.
DHAKA, May 23 - At least 86 children have died from confirmed measles infections in Bangladesh this year, and another 426 with symptoms consistent with the disease, health officials said on Saturday, as the country battles one of its worst outbreaks in decades.
It marked the country’s deadliest surge in decades of the preventable disease.
In the gilded conference rooms of Islamabad, where Field Marshal Asim Munir has lately played host to American envoys and Iranian diplomats alike, one can almost hear the echoes of an older diplomatic theater — Oslo, Camp David, even the Geneva of 1985. The casting is
DUBAI, May 23 - Iran's top negotiator, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, told Pakistani army chief Asim Munir during talks in Tehran on Saturday that the U.S. was not an honest party in negotiations to end their war and Iran would not compromise on its national rights,
The deployment began before Trump’s meeting with his Xi in Beijing.
SHANGHAI, May 23 - A gas explosion at Liushenyu coal mine in China's northern Shanxi province late on Friday killed at least 90 people, making it China's worst coal mine disaster in over 16 years.
There have been a series of sexual crimes involving US service members in Okinawa since 2024.
The Taipei protest was organised by several human rights and pro-independence groups, who waved flags and shouted slogans in support of defence spending.
Police seized devices that contained alleged scam scripts and AI-generated profile images.
The protest was organised by several human rights and pro-independence groups.
A meeting between Trade Minister Ryosei Akazawa and a senior Chinese official would have marked the highest-level engagement since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi triggered the row by saying a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a response from Tokyo.
The region has long depended on the Middle East for oil and gas.
The Shenzhou-23 mission will carry 3 astronauts to the Tiangong space station.
The blast in Shanxi province constitutes the country's worst mining disaster in 16 years.
The Cockroach Janta Party has overtaken the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the number of followers on Instagram.
The official said the US has more than enough munitions to serve all of Trump’s strategic goals.
The secretary of state wants to sell US energy to Delhi to make up for shortfalls caused by the Iran war.
He will also take part in a meeting of foreign ministers of the so-called Quad - Australia, India, Japan and the US - four democracies seen as a counterweight to China's presence in the Indian Ocean.
Online service providers will need to include safeguards that limit account registration and ownership by those under the age of 16. They will also need to implement stronger content governance on their platforms.
May 23 - The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province has jumped to 90, state media CCTV reported on Saturday.
Many younger Australians say that their social media usage has hardly changed.
A total of 247 workers were underground at the time of the blast.
The Chinese government has vowed to severely punish those responsible, and ordered a nationwide crackdown on illegal mining activities, state news agency Xinhua said Saturday evening.
Western mainstream media and podcasters have dismissed the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing. When you listen to Jake Sullivan and Aaron Friedberg, China hawks from diagonally opposite political background – the liberal elite of the Democratic party and the Republican neoconservative
They beat the South Korean club to progress to the final of the Asian Women's Champions League.
WELLINGTON, May 23 - New Zealand's government has allocated NZ$1.58 billion ($924.62 million) in new defence funding in its 2026 budget, with a strong focus on maritime security, including drone systems and fleet renewal, Defence Minister Chris Penk said on Saturday.
It will hand down its annual budget next week.