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Incoming Japan PM Ishiba's 'Asian NATO' idea test for US diplomacy
TOKYO - Shigeru Ishiba, tapped to be Japan's next prime minister, may cause diplomatic headaches for the U.S. with proposals to revamp...
Sep 28, 20242 min read
Chinese nuclear-powered submarine sank this year, US official says
WASHINGTON - China's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine sank earlier this year, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday, a...
Sep 28, 20242 min read
India will not buy from Russia's sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project, oil secretary says
NEW DELHI - India will not buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced from Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project, which is sanctioned by Western...
Sep 28, 20241 min read
Factbox-LDP leadership election candidates: Who's vying to be Japan's next PM?
TOKYO - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party votes on Friday in leadership election to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Here are...
Sep 28, 20243 min read
Israel rejects US-backed Lebanon ceasefire plan, hits Beirut again
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - Israel rejected global calls on Thursday for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally in...
Sep 27, 20244 min read
Palestinian President Abbas urges UN to stop the war in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to stop the war in the Gaza Strip...
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Japanese man acquitted of 1966 murders after 45 years on death row
TOKYO - A Japanese man said to have spent the world's longest time on death row was acquitted of murder on Thursday, his legal team said,...
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Hong Kong court jails former editor for sedition, releases another on health grounds
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong court on Thursday night sentenced a former editor to jail for 21 months and immediately released another after...
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Fighting rages as some Gazans voice hope at renewed ceasefire calls
CAIRO - An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced families in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 14 people on Thursday,...
Sep 27, 20242 min read
South Korea offers incentives, adoptions ahead of ban on farming dogs for food
SEOUL - South Korea will help rehome almost half a million dogs bred for food and give dog farmers subsidies and incentives to help them...
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Factbox-What are countries doing to get nationals out of Lebanon?
NICOSIA - A sharp escalation in border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has sent Western nations scrambling to update...
Sep 27, 20242 min read
US and allies call for 21-day ceasefire along Israel-Lebanon border after UN talks
UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - The United States, France and several allies called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the...
Sep 26, 20244 min read
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