By Shaun TandonAgence France-Presse (AFP) – President Joe Biden’s administration has for the first time approved direct US military aid to Taiwan under an assistance program aimed at foreign governments, officials said Wednesday, as worries grow over China. The State Department…
By M JegathesanAgence France-Presse (AFP) – A light plane crashed into a four-lane road near Malaysia’s capital on Thursday, killing eight people on board and two motorists on the ground, the local police chief said. The plane exploded into a fireball…
(AFP) – Indonesian rescuers raced against the clock Wednesday to save eight people trapped in an illegal gold mine on Java, the country’s biggest island, officials said. Unlicensed mines — many with complete disregard for even the most basic of safety…
(AFP) – The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to 60 on Tuesday, according to local leaders and junta-backed media, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support. Packing winds of up to 195 kilometres (120 miles)…
(AFP) — Villagers used old car tyres on Thursday to cremate the last of an estimated 130 victims of an airstrike in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region, with South East Asian countries saying they “strongly condemned” the attack. The country has…
(AFP) — Chinese warships and aircraft were still operating around Taiwan on Tuesday, the island’s defence ministry said, a day after Beijing declared an end to its massive war games. China launched three days of military exercises around self-ruled Taiwan…
(AFP) — A Japanese military helicopter with 10 people on board disappeared from radar on Thursday near an island in the southern region of Okinawa, army officials said. The aircraft had been on a reconnaissance mission when it went missing…
(AFP) — Hong Kong’s free television and radio broadcasters must air weekly programmes that promote Chinese “national identity” as well as a national security law, according to licensing requirements announced by the government on Tuesday. The stipulations come as Beijing…
By Ludovic EhretAgence France-Presse (AFP) — China’s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the birth rate slows in the face of mounting financial pressures and shifting social attitudes. …
By Robbie Corey-BouletAgence France-Presse (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday touted close security and energy ties with Gulf nations during summit meetings in Saudi Arabia that have highlighted tensions with Washington. On the third and final day of…
