Beijing, which in 1950 sent troops to the vast high-altitude plateau it describes as an integral part of China, has long opposed international activities it sees as challenging its sovereignty. Foreign journalists are restricted from reporting from...

Thousands of people displaced by Wednesday's flash floods are living in temporary relief camps, their homes either washed away by rivers or buried under silt and mud. While authorities and aid groups have ensured that they have a roof over their he...

The US launched a military intervention in Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001, attacks, ushering in two decades of conflict in which civilians suffered widespread violence and abuses. More than 40,000 civilians were killed and 77,000 woun...

The two allies were due to hold talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan, a bloc promoted by Russia and China as an alternative to Western power. "I state explicitly that if the United States return...

The resort city of Pattaya, a rest-and-recreation destination for US troops since the Vietnam War, has stepped up security as it prepares to welcome the sailors and Marines from the USS Abraham Lincoln. "About 600 officials will provide security an...

Nearly 4,500 people are missing after the gigantic wave of freezing water, rocks and debris from a high-altitude glacial collapse roared downstream on Wednesday, wiping out entire settlements and gouging a path of destruction through Nepal. Nepali ...

The move comes after the government led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi -- a self-proclaimed workaholic -- adopted a growth strategy in July calling for revisions to the current oversight of work hours. The change in part reflects calls from cert...

Moscow has intensified its strikes on Kyiv this summer, more than four-and-a-half years into its invasion, with US-brokered talks frozen and the Kremlin not dropping its maximalist demands to end the war. Kyiv has tightened security following week...

The growing reliance on Russian mercenaries is also at odds with the junta's insistence that its 2023 coup was about reclaiming the nation's sovereignty and independence from foreign powers, according to analysts. On Saturday, after a night of inte...

UAV makers Quantum Systems, Helsing and Tytan Technologies are among dozens of mil-tech players around the German city best known for beer extravaganza the Oktoberfest, football team Bayern Munich, and as a gateway to the Alps. As Europe overhauls ...

Elsewhere along Wemmer Pan Road are cracks and sinkholes from underground blasting by irregular miners digging under the city for gold and other minerals. The round-the-clock operations are undermining Johannesburg's infrastructure -- from transpor...

Images of Nepalis and foreigners of all ages are plastered along a 25-metre (80-foot) wall, rising as high as possible -- even onto the columns outside TU Teaching Hospital. Nearly 4,500 people are missing following the collapse of a Himalayan glac...

Laws dating back decades, including some inherited from the colonial era, criminalise attempted suicide -- and, advocates say, deter people in crisis from seeking the care they need. The government now says those laws have run their course and must...

The Japanese 13th seed, US Open champion in 2018 and 2020, was made to work hard by Russia's Anastasia Zakharova before winning 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/3) in just over two hours on the Arthur Ashe Stadium show court. As ever, Osaka's entrance on court gr...

The 18-member Pacific Islands Forum is being hosted by Palau, which invited its diplomatic ally Taiwan to attend as an aid partner, along with China and other non-Pacific countries. China's Pacific envoy Qian Bo told reporters on Monday there would...