Philippines vows countermeasures amid sea tensions
Marcos’s warning is the latest sign of the escalating disputes between China and the Philippines in the contested waters. Read more
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Marcos’s warning is the latest sign of the escalating disputes between China and the Philippines in the contested waters. Read more
China is committed to reforms that will upgrade the technological level of its largely manufacturing-based economy and exploit green technologies expected to drive around $1.4 trillion in annual revenues, a senior Communist Party official said Thursday. Read more
As Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue to target ships in a Mideast waterway, satellite pictures analyzed by The Associated Press show what appears to be a new airstrip being built at an entrance to that crucial maritime route. Read more
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The work is on a four-story wall near a public housing project. Read more
Chinese electric vehicle makers are showcasing their latest models, including a flying car, as they take on global rivals at the Bangkok International Motor Show. Read more
China has won a nearly three-year-long dispute with Australia at the World Trade Organization over tariffs on steel products that began during a low point of bilateral relations between the countries, and Australia’s trade minister said Wednesday his government accepted the ruling. Read more
Indonesia’s top court began hearing appeals Wednesday against the presidential election results lodged by two losing candidates who allege widespread irregularities and fraud at the polls, demanding a revote. Read more
Ukraine’s Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk pledged that Ukraine will continue the strikes. Read more
Two High Court judges said they would grant Assange a new appeal unless U.S. authorities give further assurances within three weeks about what will happen to him. Read more
The controversial decision to allow international arms sales is expected to help secure Japan’s role in a year-old project to develop a new fighter jet together with Italy and the U.K. Read more
Japan has long restricted arms exports under the country’s pacifist constitution, but has rapidly taken steps to deregulate amid rising regional and global tensions. Read more
Speaking in a meeting with government officials, Putin said the killings were carried out by extremists “whose ideology the Islamic world has been fighting for centuries.” Read more
The militants claiming responsibility for the Moscow massacre that killed 139 people — a branch of the Islamic State group in neighboring Afghanistan — reportedly recruit heavily from Tajikistan. Read more
The attack, which has been claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group, is the deadliest on Russian soil in years. Read more
Earlier Sunday, Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre — revered as the site of Jesus’s crucifixion — also held a service. Read more
Worldwide support pours in for Princess Kate, after cancer reveal Sylvia Hui / Kate, 42, did not say what type of cancer was discovered after her surgery and that she is in the early stages of preventative chemotherapy. Read more
About 7,000 aid trucks are waiting in Egypt’s North Sinai province to enter Gaza. Read more
U.S. agencies have confirmed that IS was responsible for the assault and that they had previously warned Moscow an attack could be imminent. Read more
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on affiliated channels on social media. Read more
Her condition was disclosed in a video message recorded Wednesday in Windsor and broadcast today. Read more
Vietnam’s president resigned in the latest episode of the ruling Communist Party’s “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign, and Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan was named acting president. Read more