BEIJING—China said Wednesday it was committed to promoting peace and stability in Asia, even as it sent an aircraft carrier battle group through the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled …
By JESSICA DONATI in Kabul and ASA FITCH in Dubai Updated Jan. 11, 2017 3:07 p.m. ET 0 COMMENTS Afghan authorities investigated the attack on a heavily fortified government compound in the city of …
Two separate sources said Hashemi’s daughter Faezeh, jailed for six months in 2012 on charges of anti-government propaganda, had told people at the funeral that Khatami had been banned from attending. On state television’s …
Mongolia is moving forward with plans to establish casino resorts in the country in an attempt to tap into Asia’s lucrative gambling business and thereby boost tax revenue, reports news.mn. The Judicial Standing Committee …
By Mehreen Zahra-Malik | ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s recently retired army chief Raheel Sharif has been appointed to lead a new Saudi-military alliance to fight terrorism, Pakistani media have reported. Government officials in Saudi Arabia could …
The Afghan Taliban released a video on Wednesday showing an Australian and an American hostage pleading with the U.S. government to negotiate with their captors and saying that unless a prisoner exchange was agreed …
The U.S. Treasury Department has added seven senior North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, to its sanctions list because of human rights abuses and censorship by the communist nation. The department …
By Emily Chow | SUNGKAI, MALAYSIA The Malaysian plantation district of Sungkai has become an initial – and unlikely – battleground for an election that embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to call …
China is suspected to be taking indirect action against South Korea’s decision last year to deploy a U.S. anti-missile system, South Korea’s finance minister said. China worries that the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area …
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