US and Israeli defense chiefs to meet Tuesday as tensions rise over Gaza
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet with Israel’s minister of defense on Tuesday and discuss ways to defeat Hamas other than conducting a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah,...
Biden revives the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, but is he serious?
For decades, the United States has defended, with greater or lesser effort, the two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine. In the wake of the Gaza war, President Joe Biden...
South Korea mulls “future-oriented” statement with Japan for anniversary
A senior South Korean official anticipates that leaders of South Korea and Japan may issue a joint statement incorporating future-oriented commitments when the two countries commemorate the 60th anniversary of the normalization...
India says some of its citizens have been duped into working for the Russian...
NEW DELHI — Indian authorities on Friday said they are in talks with Russia’s government about the return of Indian citizens who were duped into working for the Russian army, a...
Turkey’s Erdogan offers to host a peace summit with Russia during a visit from...
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose NATO-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, offered during a visit Friday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to host...
Malaysian prime minister urges US and China cooperation in Asia-Pacific
MELBOURNE, Australia — Malaysia’s prime minister said Thursday that the United States has become more “transactional,” using rewards and punishments to achieve aims with other countries, and should be encouraged to enhance...
BRICS expresses interests of global majority, says Russian presidential aide Ushakov
Russia took the rotating presidency of the BRICS group in 2024. Yury Ushakov, Russian presidential foreign policy aide, has granted TASS an interview in which he previewed Moscow's priorities, prospects for BRICS...
Japan PM vows strong determination in repatriating North Korea abductees
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Monday that his government will, "with strong determination," make every effort to realize the return of all citizens abducted by North Korea.
Kishida's...
Tuvalu’s new government commits to continued diplomatic ties with Taiwan instead of Beijing
Tuvalu’s new government on Wednesday committed the tiny South Pacific island nation to continued diplomatic ties with Taiwan instead of switching to Beijing, but said it plans to renegotiate a security pact...
Japan PM Kishida apologizes for LDP political funds scandal
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida apologized Thursday for a political funds scandal involving his Liberal Democratic Party in front of a parliamentary panel on the issue.
During a televised...