Exclusive: Pentagon presses ahead with Afghanistan troop drawdown despite law barring...
The U.S. military has not halted a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Department of Defense told Reuters on Monday, despite a new law...
Trump returns Cuba to U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism
The Trump administration on Monday announced it was returning Cuba to the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, a move that could complicate...
Exclusive: China plans further Hong Kong crackdown after mass arrest –...
The arrest of more than 50 democrats in Hong Kong last week intensifies a drive by Beijing to stifle any return of a populist...
Indonesia uses unmanned undersea vehicle in hunt for air crash victims,...
Indonesia has deployed a remotely operated underwater vehicle to help divers search for the remains of victims and recover the flight recorders from a...
‘We’ll act with urgency’: Pelosi says House will impeach Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday the House will go ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump as she pushes Vice President...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres eyes a second term
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the five permanent members of the Security Council on Sunday that he would like to stay on for...
U.S. Capitol siege a ‘wake-up call’ for democracies, top EU diplomat...
The European Union’s top diplomat said on Sunday that last week’s siege of the U.S. Capitol exposed the dangers of allowing the degradation of...
‘Big thing’: Taiwan welcomes US move on official interactions
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Monday that relations with the United States had been elevated to a global partnership after the US...
Indonesia hopes to retrieve black boxes of crashed jet from Java...
Indonesian divers on Monday will try to retrieve the data recorders of a Sriwijaya Air jet that plunged into the sea two days ago...
Ukraine goes into tighter lockdown until Jan. 24
Ukraine closed schools, restaurants and gyms on Friday as a new nationwide lockdown took effect to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the nation of...
