The refugee team for the Tokyo Olympics will have 29 athletes competing in 12 sports, including a medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games who left Iran citing institutional sexism.
The team selected by the International Olympic Committee on (...)
The U.S. will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, part of President Joe Biden's move to share tens of millions of jabs globally, three American senators said Sunday, after the self-ruled island complained that China is hindering its (...)
Belarusians distraught by the intensifying crackdown on political opposition in their homeland demonstrated Saturday against the country's authoritarian president in the capital of neighboring Ukraine.
The protest of about 100 people came a week (...)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed an ``uncompromising struggle'' against anti-socialist elements at home, state media reported Thursday, as he tries to fortify his power amid pandemic-related difficulties and U.S.-led economic sanctions.
The (...)
Top diplomats from the United States and Russia sparred politely in Iceland during their first face-to-face encounter, which came as ties between the nations have deteriorated sharply in recent months.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and (...)
Top diplomats from the United States and Russia are set to square off in Iceland for their first face-to-face encounter that comes as ties between the nations have deteriorated sharply in recent months.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and (...)
On a trip overshadowed by the crisis in the Middle East, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday touted the Biden administration's abrupt shift in its predecessor's climate policies as he visited Iceland for talks with senior officials from (...)
Unlike many policies that US President Joe Biden has reversed after taking office on 20 January, he has decided to keep one major pledge made by his predecessor, Donald Trump: to pull completely out of Afghanistan.
Indeed, there was a relatively (...)
When any US president speaks of accomplishments made during his first 100 days at the White House, we should be circumspect. This applies to former, incumbent and future presidents. Fulfilling campaign promises is merely proof of credibility in the (...)
In his first major speech as Pentagon chief, Lloyd Austin on Friday called for developing a `new vision' for American defense in the face of emerging cyber and space threats and the prospect of fighting bigger wars.
Reflecting President Joe Biden's (...)
President Joe Biden on Friday sought to present a united front with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to counter an increasingly assertive China as the U.S. leader held his first face-to-face White House summit since taking office.
The talks (...)
Iran's nuclear program has been targeted by diplomatic efforts and sabotage attacks over the last decade, with the latest incident striking its underground Natanz facility.
The attack Sunday at Natanz comes as world powers try to negotiate a return (...)
The operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant that was destroyed in a 2011 disaster said Wednesday it will accept a penalty imposed by regulators over sloppy anti-terrorism measures at another nuclear plant it runs, a step that will prevent its (...)
North Korea will not join the Tokyo Olympics this year due to coronavirus concerns, the country's sports ministry said on Tuesday, dashing South Korean hopes the Games could be a catalyst to revive stalled peace talks.
It will be the first time (...)
Denuclearization will remain at the center of U.S. policy toward North Korea and any approach to Pyongyang will have to be done in "lockstep" with close allies, including Japan and South Korea, U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said on (...)
White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the United States review of its North Korea policy is in its "final stages."
"This has been a thorough interagency review of U.S. policy towards North Korea, including evaluation (...)
Last Thursday, new US President Joe Biden entered the East Room at the White House in Washington for his first press conference after 65 days in office. Those watching the one-hour event will have seen that the changes at the White House after the (...)
The European Union is set to agree to sanction several Iranian individuals on Wednesday for human rights abuses, the first such measures since 2013, three EU diplomats said.
EU envoys are expected to agree to impose travel bans and asset freezes on (...)
North Korea has surged ahead during recent years in an inter-Korean arms race that has led to a proliferation of short-range missiles on the peninsula and left Pyongyang closer than ever to deploying tactical nuclear weapons.
North Korea's (...)
North Korea on Thursday test-fired its first ballistic missiles since President Joe Biden took office, as it expands its military capabilities and increases pressure on Washington while nuclear negotiations remain stalled.
Japanese Prime Minister (...)
The Olympic torch relay set off from Fukushima on Thursday, beginning a four-month countdown to the summer Games in Tokyo, delayed from 2020 and the first ever organised during a global pandemic.
Casting a pall over celebrations, North Korea (...)
The Biden administration considers China and how to manage its emergence as a superpower a top strategic priority for the US. This stand does not differ much from the positions taken by preceding US administrations, whether Republican or (...)
U.S. and Chinese officials concluded on Friday what Washington called "tough and direct" talks in Alaska, which laid bare the depth of tensions between the world's two largest economies at the outset of the Biden administration.
The two days of (...)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday criticized China for blocking access to the trial of Michael Spavor, a Canadian detained by Beijing since late 2018 on spying charges, a case that is part of a wider diplomatic spat between Washington (...)
North Korea severed diplomatic ties with Malaysia on Friday, abruptly ending a once-close relationship that soured following the assassination of Kim Jong Un's half-brother in a Kuala Lumpur airport four years ago.
Pyongyang's foreign ministry said (...)
