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Trump offered Xi US weapons at summit: ambassador
US Ambassador David Perdue disclosed President Trump asked Xi Jinping during last week's Washington summit whether China wanted to buy American weapons—a claim the White House and State Department qui
South Korea demands Ukraine apology over North Korean POW leak
South Korea demanded an official apology from Ukraine after Kyiv publicly revealed it had sent two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul, breaching what Seoul says was a confidentiality agreement be
Taiwan's Lai urges deeper drone cooperation with democracies
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te called for deeper drone cooperation with democratic partners at a groundbreaking for a new development centre in Chiayi, backed by a proposed T$145.7 billion boost to 2
Taiwan pushes back against Xi's WWII narrative bid
Taiwan's government is publicly pushing back against Beijing's bid to claim credit for the WWII Allied victory, after Xi Jinping and Donald Trump jointly praised the wartime US-China alliance at last
China says US trade truce extension creates space to advance talks
China confirmed a two-month extension of its trade truce with the United States through January 10, framing it as a window to evaluate and advance the agreements reached at President Xi Jinping's summ
South Korea Demands Apology From Ukraine Over North Korean POW
South Korea has demanded an official apology from Ukraine after accusing Kyiv of breaching — and then denying the existence of — a confidentiality agreement by publicly disclosing the transfer of two
Netanyahu in Abu Dhabi as Oct 7 warning report draws scrutiny
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi on Sunday and met UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as scrutiny intensifies over a Haaretz report that Sheikh Mohammed warn
South Korea demands Ukraine apology over POW secrecy breach
South Korea demanded an official apology from Ukraine for disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul in violation of a confidentiality agreement.
Thailand Faces Oil Shock as US-Iran Conflict Worsens
Oil prices driven by the US-Iran conflict remain highly volatile, threatening Thailand's fragile economic recovery and undermining government stimulus efforts.
Russian-occupied Oleshky residents eat weeds to survive
Last residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky in southern Ukraine are eating weeds to survive as a deepening hunger crisis drives locals to flee, while the Kherson government mounts a 4-tonne food operat
GOP Rep: Iran Behind Foiled UK Air Base Attack
A U.S. representative stated that Iran was clearly involved in a thwarted terror plot targeting an American air base in the UK, according to remarks made shortly after authorities announced the disrup
Houthis Battle for Taiz After Seizing Mokha Port
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces are fighting to hold Taiz after Houthi fighters seized the Red Sea port of Mokha on September 10, shattering a four-year ceasefire and pushing the civil war into a new, brut
Amodei set for first one-on-one dinner with Trump
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is set to have dinner with President Trump at the White House in their first one-on-one meeting, even as the two clash publicly over AI safety regulation.
Cuba Official Calls US Military Action 'Atrocious Crime'
Cuba's deputy foreign minister warned that US military action would constitute an 'atrocious international crime' and called ongoing US sanctions—now in their ninth month—'equivalent to genocide.'
Israel revokes Dutch diplomats' status over settlement ban
Israel revoked the diplomatic status of Dutch diplomats in Ramallah and gave them seven days to surrender their credentials, retaliating against the Netherlands' September 22 ban on goods from illegal
Trump Rejects Iran's Strait of Hormuz Proposal
US President Donald Trump rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as 'unacceptable,' while Tehran says it remains awaiting a 'definitive response' from Washington through mediators.
US Rejects UN Pandemic Preparedness Declaration
The United States rejected a UN declaration on pandemic preparedness, with the EU also objecting over intellectual-property provisions, exposing the wealthy-versus-poor fault line first exposed by COV
Russia, Ukraine trade strikes as Lavrov spurns Germany
Russia and Ukraine traded overnight strikes across multiple cities, killing at least seven people, as Moscow's top diplomat dismissed his first face-to-face meeting with Germany's foreign minister at
Seoul demands Kyiv apologize for breaching POW secrecy pact
South Korea demanded an official apology from Ukraine after Kyiv disclosed the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul and then denied the two sides had agreed to keep the move confide
Five arrested near UK U.S. air base on terror plot suspicion
British counterterrorism police arrested five men near RAF Fairford — a U.S.-operated base used for strikes on Iranian missile sites — on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act involving three trucks,
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