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Taiwan does not have a “concrete list” of new arms deals to put to the United States’ incoming Trump administration but is keen to discuss how to boost the island’s defence, senior Taiwan security officials said. Democraticall Read more
Imagine a wheelchair equipped with wheels flexible enough to navigate all manner of obstacles from kerbs to humps and even staircases. Read more
South Korea’s military said it will hold a three-day joint exercise with the United States and Japan starting on Wednesday, featuring fighter jets and marine patrol aircraft as well as the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington. Read more
Chinese authorities took almost 24 hours to officially disclose the incident, which took place on Monday night in Zhuhai, a city of about 2.5 million people in southern China near Macau. Read more
The fifth such meeting since August 2023 reflects growing security ties between the countries, which have both voiced concern about Chinese activity in areas of the busy waterway claimed by the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations. Read more
Prabowo, who won Indonesia’s presidential election in February, also chose China for his first visit as president-elect, underscoring Jakarta’s commitment to stronger strategic ties with Beijing. Read more
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza said at least 24 people were killed when an Israeli strike destroyed the three-story building in Jabalia at dawn. Read more
The incident took place in a bar in the downtown area of the state’s capital, also known as Queretaro, where four gunmen entered, killing seven men and three women, according to the state attorney general and Queretaro city’s security chief. Read more
Beijing claims sovereignty over nearly all of the South China Sea, including areas claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. Read more
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The accord, signed by Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June after a summit in Pyongyang, calls on each side to come to the other’s aid in case of an armed attack. Read more
The strike was in Mawasi, a southern coastal area where hundreds of thousands of people have sought shelter after Israel’s military told them to leave other areas it was bombing in its war against Hamas. Read more
Antisemitic incidents have surged in the Netherlands since Israel launched its assault on Gaza after the attacks on Israelis by the Palestinian Hamas group on Oct. 7, 2023. Read more
China made “solemn representations” to the ambassador shortly after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr signed the Maritime Zones Act and the Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act into law to strengthen his country’s maritime claims and bolster its territorial integrity. Read more
The unique exposure of Ireland’s low-tax business model to the United States could place its public finances at significant risk under a Donald Trump presidency - if he follows through on pre-election promises. Read more
In his first public remarks since Trump’s win, Putin said Trump had acted like a real man during an assassination attempt while speaking at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 14. Read more
The mountain reached the annual milestone on Oct. 5 last year, making this year’s snowcap the latest to form since 1894, when the phenomenon was first recorded. Read more
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke with Donald Trump on Thursday and congratulated him on winning the U.S. presidency on the “Make America Great Again” slogan as officials in Seoul worked to prepare for “significant” economic changes. Read more
Taiwan may demonstrate it takes Donald Trump’s “protection” money demand seriously with large and early new arms deals, showing it is not looking for a free ride and is determined to show Washington its resolve to spend to defend itself. Read more
China’s President Xi Jinping congratulated Donald Trump on his U.S. presidential win and urged both nations to find the “right way to get along”, as looming U.S. tariffs threatened to return them to the days of a trade war years ago. Read more
This month’s U.N. climate summit - COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan - has been dubbed the “climate finance COP” for its central goal: to agree on how much money should go each year to helping developing countries cope with climate-related costs. Read more
Trump has been critical of Biden’s assistance for Ukraine, fueling concern about the future of support for President Volodomyr Zelenskiy’s government under a Republican-controlled White House, Senate and possibly the House of Representatives. Read more
