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Japan extends US military aid amid China, Nokor worries

Tokyo—Japan moved ahead with an expansion of support to US troops as the allies held top-level talks on Friday over tensions with China and...

Tokyo seeks curbs on American troops after COVID surge

Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi urged his US counterpart Thursday to consider restricting American troop movement in the country after a surge in COVID...

Beijing hits US sanctions on Chinese painkiller firms

Beijing hit out at the United States on Thursday for its decision to impose sanctions on Chinese painkiller makers as Washington tries to curb...

PH raises ‘serious concern’ over SCS

The Philippines has raised the “heightened tension” in the South China Sea, which it described as a “serious concern” during the recently concluded G7-ASEAN...

US prepares ‘alternatives’ if nuclear talks with Iran fail

The United States is preparing “alternatives” in case efforts to revive a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions collapse, Secretary of State Antony Blinken...

Blinken begins Southeast Asia tour, with China in focus

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday began a Southeast Asia tour with a first stop in Jakarta that paralleled the visit of...

Biden-Putin talks set for Tuesday amid Ukraine tension

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden are scheduled to hold talks by video conference on Tuesday, the Kremlin said, as...

US warns Cuba of ‘intimidation tactics’ on eve of mass actions

Havana—Cuban security forces encircled the home of a leading dissident Sunday ahead of planned anti-government rallies, as Washington slammed Havana’s “intimidation tactics” and called...

US warns China over pressure on Taiwan ahead of Biden-Xi summit

The United States has warned China over its pressure on Taiwan, the State Department said Saturday as the two powers gird for a hotly...

Biden, Xi expected to hold virtual summit on Monday

US President Joe Biden is expected to hold a hotly awaited virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday, US media reported,...

Beijing says Taiwan has ‘no right to join the UN’

Taiwan has “no right to join the United Nations,” a Beijing official said Wednesday, after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged greater inclusion...

US vows to help free hostages in Haiti after ransom demand

The United States on Tuesday vowed to do all in its power to free US and Canadian missionaries taken hostage in Haiti, after kidnappers...

US envoy who handled Afghan departure quits

Washington—Zalmay Khalilzad, the veteran US envoy whose months of patient hotel-ballroom diplomacy helped end the US war in Afghanistan but failed to prevent a...

Blinken pushing democracy in first So. America trip

Washington -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads Tuesday to Ecuador and Colombia in a bid to support and broaden ties with Latin America’s...
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