Section: Asia
- Afghanistan (54)
- Armenia (2,395)
- Azerbaijan (1,400)
- Bangladesh (459)
- China (1,817)
- India (3,608)
- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
- Kazakhstan (682)
- Kyrgyzstan (667)
- Laos (3)
- Malaysia (6,377)
- Myanmar (25)
- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
- Singapore (4,460)
- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip after attack on U.S. embassy in Iraq
The U.S. Secretary of State had been due to travel at week’s end to Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Cyprus …read more Source:: The...
Mike Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip after attack on U.S. Embassy in Iraq
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a trip to Ukraine, the country at the heart of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, … …read more Source:: The Japan...
UK had plans to make Russia ‘associate’ NATO member
Monitoring Desk LONDON: The British government had a plan to make Russia an “associate” member of the NATO alliance before Vladimir Putin took over as president in 1999, British archives made public revealed Tuesday. The secret Ministry of Defense documents from 25 years ago revealed the plan, which was based on the cooperative nature of Boris...
US, German, Israeli envoys weigh in on Russian WWII claims
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. (Christian Hartmann, Pool Photo via APWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.S, German and Israeli ambassadors in Warsaw weighed in Monday against claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Poland bears part of the blame for the outbreak of World War...
UK had plans to make Russia ‘associate’ NATO member
LONDON (AA): The British government had a plan to make Russia an “associate” member of the NATO alliance before Vladimir Putin took over as president in 1999, British archives made public revealed Tuesday. The secret Ministry of Defense documents from 25 years ago revealed the plan, which was based on the cooperative nature of Boris Yeltsin,...
What to Expect from US Secretary of State Pompeo’s Upcoming Visit to Central Asia
After visits to Ukraine and Belarus early in the new year, Pompeo will touch down in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine, eastern rebels swap prisoners in move to end war
A Russia-backed separatist soldier escorts a group of separatists war prisoners after they were exchanged near the checkpoint Horlivka, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)MAIORSK CHECKPOINT, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine on Sunday exchanged 200 prisoners in a move...
Putin weighs future options as he marks 20 years in power
In this undated file photo released by Russian Presidential Press Service, Russian President Vladimir Putin rests on a hill in Siberia during a break from state affairs ahead of his birthday. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)MOSCOW (AP) — As Russian President Vladimir Putin marks two decades in power , he boasts about...
Smokey Sydney to kick off New Year parties with fireworks
SYDNEY: Smoke-choked Sydney was gearing up Tuesday for a huge fireworks display, kicking off a wave of New Year celebrations for billions around the world and ringing in the new decade.Australia’s largest city usually puts on a dazzling display of pyrotechnics over the glittering harbour but this year’s celebrations have been...
UNICEF calls 2010s a ?deadly decade? for children
Syrian children shelter in the doorway of a house, amid gunfire and shelling, in a city affected by the conflict. Photo: UN/Alessio RomenziThe United Nations Children’s Fund in a report released on Monday said attacks on children have nearly tripled over the last decade — an average of 45 violations a day. Some 170,000 violations against...
