(Reuters) – Shares of Chinese companies listed in the United States fell in early trading on Friday as reports that Washington was looking to expand the number of troops helping…
By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Ghaida Ghantous RIYADH (Reuters) – The United States and Saudi Arabia are trying to move beyond a public spat last year that saw strategic ties…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Almost half of companies surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taiwan are revising or plan to revise their business continuity plans amid tensions with…
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden said on Thursday it would tighten laws covering membership of terrorist organisations months after an agreement with Turkey on fighting terrorism aimed at overcoming its objections…
TBILISI (Reuters) -Russia expressed concern on Thursday over escalating tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a key road linking Armenia to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave remained blocked for the fourth…
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan and met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in August in defiance of Chinese warnings for the trip not…
By Yimou Lee, Sarah Wu and Greg Torode TAIPEI (Reuters) – When Chinese authorities detained a Taiwanese citizen in China in August for an alleged violation of security laws, officials…
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s military said it scrambled fighter jets after detecting about 180 North Korean military flights north of the two countries’ border over four hours on Friday. The…
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s interior minister said a regional Serb police commander was suspended on Thursday for refusing to support Pristina’s legal drive to make minority Serbs replace old pre-independence…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Iranian counterpart on Wednesday that Western media had launched a campaign that could trigger escalation in the Gulf, his ministry…
By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – A 2018 military agreement between North Korea and South Korea designed to prevent inadvertent clashes along their shared border may be…
By Soo-hyang Choi and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North and South Korea exchanged warning shots off the west coast on Monday, accusing each other of breaching their maritime borders amid…
By Sarah Wu HSINCHU, Taiwan (Reuters) – Rising Taiwan-China and U.S.-China tensions have brought “more serious” challenges for the semiconductor industry, the chairman of Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC said on Wednesday.…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Wednesday said it fired warning shots toward its east and west coasts to send “grave warning” against South Korea for firing dozens of artillery…
NATO To Host Nuclear Weapons Drills As Tensions With Russia Run High Micaela Burrow on October 14, 2022 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s annual nuclear exercises will begin on…
By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will pledge to bolster the island’s combat power and determination to improve its defences in a major…
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) – Brazilian Artur Dantas moved to Portugal six months ago because of political tension in his country but he hopes the result…
By Nelson Bocanegra CORINTO, Colombia (Reuters) – A machete slung across his chest, sugarcane worker Aldemar Moreno guards the entrance to the farm where he has been employed for 23…
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will hold the most polarized presidential election in decades next month, with many expecting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro to contest the result if…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry on Friday said Taiwan’s ruling party was attempting to hype tensions, after the self-governed island shot down an unidentified civilian drone this week. “The…
By Rowena Edwards (Reuters) – Oil firms operating in Kurdistan have asked the United States to help defuse an upsurge in tension between Iraq’s central government and the semi-autonomous region,…
NPRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo will begin on Thursday a two-month implementation period for a controversial move to oblige Serbs, mainly those living in the northern part of the Balkan nation,…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Most members surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan said they had not been significantly affected by recent Chinese military drills around the island, but…
(Reuters) – Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti attended EU-mediated talks in Brussels on Thursday aimed at alleviating renewed tensions between the estranged western Balkan neighbours.…
By Jack Queen AUSTIN – As the jury in the Alex Jones defamation trial gathered in a conference room in a Texas courthouse on Aug. 5 to decide how much the…