Australia to discuss N. Korea tension, terror threat in Manila talks
SYDNEY -- Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Sunday said he would discuss North Korea and Islamist terrorism as threats to regional stability, ahead...
Trade surplus unfair but Trump won’t ‘blame China’
BEIJING -- US President Donald J. Trump decried his country’s “one-sided and unfair” trade deficit with Beijing on Thursday, but he told Chinese President...
Xi gives Trump a Chinese history lesson
BEIJING -- As President Xi Jinping led his US counterpart Donald J. Trump around Beijing’s Forbidden City on Wednesday, he made time to teach...
South Korea’s Moon Jae In unveils new focus on Southeast Asia
JAKARTA -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday unveiled a new policy aimed at deepening ties with Southeast Asia, as the North Asian...
NATO looks to seize momentum in Afghanistan conflict
BRUSSELS -- Defense ministers from across the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance meet in Brussels on Thursday to review next steps in the...
Trump warns ‘rogue regime’ North Korea of grave danger
SEOUL -- US President Donald J. Trump issued a stark warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, telling him that the...
Democratic election win is lousy anniversary gift for Republican Trump
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald J. Trump suffered a triple defeat as Democrats won high-profile state and mayoral elections to underscore his unpopularity on...
Saudi Arabia says only private accounts suspended in crackdown
DUBAI/RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia said it has only frozen the bank accounts of individuals and not those of the companies they own or manage,...
Trump says US ready to use military force if needed
SEOUL -- President Donald J. Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday the United States was prepared to use the full range of its military...
US to stage rare drill with three carriers as Trump visits Asia
WASHINGTON -- Three US aircraft carrier strike groups will exercise together in the Western Pacific in the coming days in a rare show of...
Family dispute may have sparked church shooting
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS -- A family dispute may have sparked the rampage by a US Air Force veteran who killed 26 people with an assault...
Massacre at rural Texas church leaves 26 dead
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TEXAS -- A man with an assault rifle killed at least 26 people and wounded 20 in a rural Texas church during...