A leader of the independence movement in French Pacific territory New Caledonia was charged on June 22 after being arrested earlier this week, AFP journalists…
The new leader of Solomon Islands will visit Australia from June 22 to discuss security ties, government officials said -- a sensitive area since the…
China and Australia will provide each other's citizens with multiple-entry visas of up to five years for tourism and business starting from June 21, the…
New Zealanders see Asia a high-priority region for engagement, according to a survey released on June 21. Asia remains the second most important region to…
South Korea military on June 21 said it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border in the third…
Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said on June 22 it had detected 41 Chinese military aircraft around the island in a 24-hour window, a day after Beijing…
A nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier, the Theodore Roosevelt, arrived in South Korea's port city of Busan on June 22 for joint military exercises in June…
South Korea’s foreign ministry said it summoned the Russian ambassador in protest of a pact between Russia and North Korea signed in Pyongyang this week,…
The United States and China resumed semi-official nuclear arms talks in March for the first time in five years, with Beijing’s representatives telling their US…
A South China Sea confrontation this week, in which Chinese coast guard personnel brandished weapons and rammed Philippine naval boats, does not trigger Manila's mutual…
An alliance of Myanmar ethnic armed groups has accused the junta of repeatedly violating a China-brokered ceasefire in the north of the country this month…
The Philippines has leapfrogged its South-east Asian neighbors to become a regional leader in planned clean-power projects as fewer investment restrictions and green-minded policies attract…
Vietnam's 2024 economic growth target of 6.5 percent is challenging, local media reported on June 21, citing the Annual Economic Report 2024. Researchers project a…
An Indian court stopped on June 21 the release from jail of one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chief opponents, a day after he was…
The death toll has climbed to 54 from consumption of tainted liquor in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, with more than 100 people still…
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved on Junen 22 a re-invigorated and re-energized national counter-terrorism campaign. Sharif made the decision here while chairing a meeting…
India and Bangladesh signed 10 pacts on June 22 during Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's state visit to India. Memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in the…
Ukraine on June 22 said Russia had launched a "massive" overnight attack on energy infrastructure in the west and south, adding that at least seven…
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani called on West African countries to come together in the face of jihadism, in an interview with AFP…
The US Department of Justice is considering a deal with Boeing that would avoid criminal prosecution of the aerospace giant but may appoint a federal…
A huge wildfire killed 12 people and injured more than 75 as it ripped through Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, the health minister said on June…
Ecuador on June 21 began building an 800-person maximum security prison that will house the most dangerous drug lords in the country which has declared…
A forest fire on the Greek tourist island of Hydra, near Athens, was started by fireworks launched from a yacht, firefighters said on June 22,…
Torrential rains across Central America have left at least 27 dead in landslides and flooding over the past week, mainly in El Salvador, but also…
Croatian police detained a Czech man after an explosive device he allegedly took from a restricted military zone exploded, killing his son, authorities said on…
