US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that American forces would begin ground operations in Mexico targeting drug cartels, following months of naval strikes in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean.
"We are going to start now hitting land with (...)
Cambodia says it has extradited to China a prominent businessman accused of running one of Asia's largest criminal networks that trafficked workers and forced them to defraud victims globally.
Chen Zhi, 38, a national of China and Cambodia, was (...)
The US forces seized an oil tanker linked to Venezuela on Wednesday after tracking it across the Atlantic, according to a social media post from US European Command.
Originally called the Bella 1, the tanker was sanctioned by the US in 2024 for (...)
The United States is pulling out of the UN treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with several other global bodies.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday suspending Washington's participation (...)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced plans to meet with Danish officials next week to discuss the Trump administration's interest in Greenland.
Rubio's comments on Capitol Hill came as the Trump administration has amped up (...)
President Donald Trump said Venezuela will turn over as much as 50 million barrels of oil to the US, worth roughly $2.8 billion at the current market price, to be sold in the open market with proceeds benefiting both countries.
The announcement late (...)
Standard Chartered Global Research ("SC Global Research") expected Saudi Arabia to continue delivering robust GDP growth of 4.5 percent in 2026, outperforming the 3.4 percent growth rate for the global economy.
In its latest Global Focus report, SC (...)
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived in China on Sunday as Beijing looks to deepen ties with the nearby country after heightened tensions between China and Japan over Taiwan, a self-ruled island it claims as its sovereign territory.
China's (...)
Cuba has said 32 of its citizens were killed during the US military operation to abduct and arrest Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in Caracas.
Havana announced two days of mourning on January 5 and 6 in honor of those (...)
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday that North Korea launched several ballistic missiles from its capital region in a move that violated UN Security Council resolutions.
In a statement, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were (...)
Bulgaria has become the 21st member of the eurozone, bypassing more obvious candidates like Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
The lev has been the Bulgarian currency since 1881, but it has been pegged to other European currencies since 1997, (...)
حصلتُ عام 2023 على منحة من مركز الدراسات الصيني العربي للإصلاح والتنمية، الذي مقره فرع "سونغ جيانغ" في جامعة شنغهاي للدراسات الدولية "SISU"، التي تدير المركز، ولكني اخترت الفرع الثاني للجامعة في "هونغ كو"، لأنه أقرب للأسواق والمحلات التجارية.
وأول (...)
أجرت شركة صناعة الطيران الصينية (AVIC) اختبارات ناجحة على طائرتها المسيّرة الجديدة (AR-E800)، التي يبلغ وزنها 800 كغ، في خطوة تعكس تطور قدرات الطيران غير المأهول الثقيل، وذكرت قناة (China Army) على منصة تليغرام أن الاختبارات أُجريت في مطار جينغدتشن (...)
Japan has protested after Chinese fighter jets locked radars on Japanese aircraft as tensions between the two nations worsened.
Locking radar onto an aircraft is considered a threat because it can signal a potential attack. Japan said there were two (...)
RIYADH — The Gulf states have decided to impose definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of automotive batteries originating in or exported from China and Malaysia.
The ministerial committee composed of the industry ministers of the Gulf (...)
Hongkongers headed to the polls Sunday in a Legislative Council (LegCo) election seen as a test of public sentiment after a devastating residential fire that has left nearly 160 people dead and fueled widespread anger over building safety and (...)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday defended a series of US strikes on alleged drug cartel boats, saying President Donald Trump has broad authority to take military action "as he sees fit" to protect the country.
The strikes, which have (...)
Japan and Australia called for calm Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar on Japanese fighter jets near Okinawa, escalating tensions already heightened by recent remarks from Japan's prime minister on Taiwan.
Defense Minister Shinjiro (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow is ready to provide "uninterrupted shipments" of fuel to India, as Delhi faces pressure from the US to stop buying Russian oil.
Putin, speaking alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is starting a two-day visit to India, where he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attend an annual summit held by both countries.
Delhi and Moscow are expected to sign a number of deals during the visit, (...)
Authorities in Hong Kong have ordered the removal of scaffolding mesh from buildings undergoing renovations by Saturday, as investigations continue into the Chinese territory's deadliest blaze in decades.
It is now known that 159 people died as a (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's international trade totaled around SR540.5 billion in the third quarter of 2025, an 8.6 percent year-on-year increase, or SR43 billion from SR497.5 billion in Q3 2024.
According to the quarterly international trade bulletin, (...)
The UN atomic watchdog demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency on Thursday and provide "precise information" about its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, as well as grant its inspectors access to the country's nuclear sites.
The (...)
A Russian spy ship has used lasers for the first time to disrupt RAF pilots tracking its activity near UK waters, the country's defense secretary has said.
John Healey told reporters the "deeply dangerous" move from the Yantar was being taken (...)
