SUVA, Fiji: Ten Pacific island nations rebuffed China’s push for a wide-ranging regional security pact on Monday, amid worries the proposal was designed to pull them into Beijing’s orbit.
Talks in Fiji between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and leaders from the small island nations failed to reach an agreement, in a high-profile diplomatic setback for Beijing.
NEW DELHI: International power rivalry is playing out in the Indian Ocean region, India’s Defence Minister Rajnath...
SEOUL: Impeached South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday over his failed martial law bid, ending a...
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia in a 2008 corruption case, overturning...
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden warned on Wednesday that the “soul of America” is still at stake, as he...
ANKARA: Syria will never allow its territory to be used as a staging ground for threats against Turkiye, its top...
GENEVA: Switzerland will explore making women do mandatory service in the army, considered one of the famously neutral...
DEIR EL-BALAH, Palestinian Territories: Crowds of Gazans chanted and embraced on Wednesday as news spread that a...
WASHINGTON: Social media giant TikTok plans to completely shut down its operations in the United States this Sunday if...