Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, meets with South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun at the State Department in Washington, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo) WASHINGTON–The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it wants to …
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) This year, U.S. President Donald Trump has strengthened his “America First” principle and …
Edited By Nurbanu Tanrıkulu Kızıl President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, in this photo released on Feb. 3, 2026. (Presidential Communications Directorate Handout) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned that …
Havana says it is ready for ‘constructive engagement’ with Washington as White House moves to choke off oil supplies. The Cuban government has rejected accusations that it poses a threat to the security of …
Image: TCA, Stephen M. Bland In recent months, media attention has increasingly focused on infrastructure projects underway in Afghanistan. Chief among them is the Qosh Tepa Canal, widely seen not only as an irrigation initiative but …
CENTCOM says Iranian drone approach USS Abraham Lincoln with ‘unclear intent’ before being shot down. The United States military says it shot down an Iranian drone that approached a US aircraft carrier in the …
Balochistan is at the heart of Pakistan’s economic promises to the US and China. The attacks are a reminder of the risks for Pakistan and potential investors. By Abid Hussain Islamabad, Pakistan – When meeting …
A resident works to clear snow in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 18. (Tadashi Kubota) Bokushi Suzuki (1770-1842), a textile merchant in Echigo province (present-day Niigata Prefecture), traveled to Edo (present-day Tokyo) to peddle his …
Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary To Lam, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping wave during a meeting at the Office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 14, 2025. (Pool Photo via …
The move would be Washington’s latest bid to counter what it sees as Chinese price manipulation. (Image courtesy of The White House.) US President Donald Trump is preparing to launch a strategic stockpile of critical …