The number of people living beyond 100 continues to rise across Central Asia. Experts attribute the trend to better medical care, declining infant mortality rates, and overall improvements in living standards. However, the distribution of centenarians …
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot speaks to the media during the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 11, 2025. (AFP Photo) Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations convened in …
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the country’s Victory Day, Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 8, 2025. (IHA Photo) Türkiye, Azerbaijan and Pakistan forge a new axis of regional unity and …
A Turkish C-130 military transportation aircraft seen before landing in the Kahramankazan district, Ankara, Türkiye, Dec. 8, 2020. (Photo by TAI via AA) ATurkish military cargo plane crashed on the border between Georgia and …
China has developed an amphibious version of the HQ-13 short-range air defense system by integrating its missile launcher and radar suite onto the Type 05/ZBD-05 amphibious chassis. The vehicle is intended to provide continuous …
With the Donbas in Peril, Europe Must Pressure Russia Now A Ukrainian artilleryman firing on Russian troops near Pokrovsk, Ukraine, October 2025Anatolii Stepanov / Reuters JACK WATLING is Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at …
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev begins a state visit to Russia in Moscow today, accompanied by a carefully calibrated message of diplomatic continuity. Ahead of his arrival, Tokayev published an article in Rossiyskaya Gazeta affirming Kazakhstan’s “eternal friendship” …
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara holds a news conference on Oct. 30 at the prime minister’s office. (Koichi Ueda) Japan has lodged a strong protest with China over an apparent threat to behead Prime …
By KENSUKE NONAMI Writer Haruki Murakami (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Haruki Murakami’s novel “Machi to Sono Futashikana Kabe” (The City and Its Uncertain Walls) won an Italian prize that honors contemporary Japanese works translated …
The RSF is backed by the UAE, which has been accused of complicity in genocide at the ICJ RSF members reportedly detain a fighter known as Abu Lulu in el-Fasher, Sudan, in October 2025 …