(Video source: Reuters/South China Sea, Philippines China SeaWorking group) Chinese and Philippine vessels on Sunday (August 25) collided again in the South China Sea again.A Philippine ship. According to Reuters, the Philippine South China...

China and the Philippines in early July to sovereign controversy in China and the PhilippineAfter the Chinese Hairen Ai Reef (the Philippines called Ayunjin Reef) reached a temporary agreement, Manila successfully replenished the beach on t...

The battle of the balloons continues. North Korean defectors, part of an activist group in Seoul, are fighting back — not with balloons filled with trash and excrement, but with K-pop and dollar bills instead. Activist group Free North Ko...

Japanese officials are encouraging their single citizens to get out and mingle through the promotion of dating apps in a bid to foster marriage amid record low birth rates. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been at the forefront of such...

Biden administration officials have discussed potentially negotiating a unilateral to secure the if current cease-fire talks involving Israel fail, according to two current senior U.S. officials and two former senior U.S. officials. Suc...

The United Nations Security Council passed a U.S.-drafted cease-fire deal aimed at halting eight months of bloody fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The draft of the resolution, which President Joe Biden approved, was finalized Sund...

An Indian national accused of helping in New York City has been extradited to the U.S. to stand trial. A U.S. District Court spokesman said Nikhil Gupta is scheduled to appear Monday in the lower Manhattan courthouse on federal murder-for-h...

As Russian President Vladimir Putin visits North Korea for the first time in 24 years on Tuesday, Western officials will be closely watching the two-day trip for signs of a closer military partnership between the nuclear-armed states. The K...

Russia and North Korea on Wednesday signed a new "comprehensive strategic partnership" as Western officials grow increasingly concerned about the implications of President Vladimir Putin's first state visit to the nuclear-armed country in 2...

Even a long wait for Russian President Vladimir Putin's arrival in Pyongyang in the early hours of Wednesday morning was not enough to dampen Kim Jong Un's enthusiasm for his "comrade." Waiting on the runway as Putin disembarked his plane s...

For the last two years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken confidently about his ambitious goal to . All eyes will now be on Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance to see if they can keep the economic momentum going and in th...

China is employing "gray zone tactics" against the Philippines at the contested Second Thomas Shoal reef, a move likely aimed at avoiding U.S. intervention in the region, according to Lowy Institute's Rahman Yaacob. Last week, Chinese force...

Treasury Secretary on Monday unveiled a new slate of financing initiatives to support development, including a $100 million fund specifically for affordable housing. The came days before faces off against former President in the first presi...

The U.S. ambassador to China said Beijing is undermining ties between the two countries despite the agreement between the two sides to boost engagement, according to the Wall Street Journal. In a November summit, to support and expand excha...

For the first time in more than two decades, giant pandas are en route from China to a San Diego zoo in the U.S. — a sign that Beijing is resuming its so-called "panda diplomacy" efforts as relations with the West thaw. Four-year-old Yun...