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Philippines summons Chinese diplomat over South China Sea flare-up
MANILA - The Philippines summoned a Chinese diplomat on Thursday to protest Beijing's use of water cannon against Filipino vessels at a...
May 2, 20242 min read
Taiwan on alert for post-inauguration Chinese drills
TAIPEI -Taiwan is on alert for China to carry out military exercises after the inauguration of President-elect Lai Ching-te this month,...
May 1, 20242 min read
In Israel, Blinken set to push Netanyahu for sustained aid into Gaza
TEL AVIV -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, pushing to get more aid into...
May 1, 20243 min read
French foreign minister makes unscheduled Cairo stop as Gaza truce talks intensify
CAIRO - France's foreign minister arrived in Cairo on Wednesday on an unscheduled stop during a Middle East tour as efforts to secure a...
May 1, 20242 min read
Investors wait to see Red Sea in shippers' Q1 numbers
European shipping firms Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are unlikely to get a big boost from soaring freight rates due to the Red Sea crisis in...
May 1, 20242 min read
Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University
NEW YORK -New York City police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators holed-up in an academic building on Columbia University...
May 1, 20244 min read
China to hold key party 'plenum' to further modernise country, amid challenges at home, abroad
BEIJING -The Chinese Communist Party's central committee will gather in July for a key meeting known as a plenum, the third since the...
Apr 30, 20242 min read
Residents of northern Israel brace for possible all-out war with Hezbollah
HAIFA, Israel - Eli Harel was an Israeli soldier in his early thirties when he was sent into Lebanon in 2006 to battle fighters from the...
Apr 30, 20243 min read
US to test ground beef in states with bird-flu outbreaks in dairy cows
CHICAGO -The U.S. government said on Monday it is collecting samples of ground beef at retail stores in states with outbreaks of bird...
Apr 30, 20242 min read
Philippines accuses China of damaging its vessel at hotly contested shoal
BEIJING/MANILA - The Philippines on Tuesday accused China's coast guard of harassment and damaging one of its boats in a disputed area...
Apr 30, 20242 min read
Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts again, alert status at highest
JAKARTA -Indonesia's Ruang volcano spewed "explosive" flows of incandescent lava into the night sky on Tuesday as lightning flashes...
Apr 30, 20242 min read
Blinken, Saudi crown prince discuss achieving peace, security in Gaza, US says
RIYADH - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday in Riyadh, where they...
Apr 30, 20241 min read
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