Taiwanese voters swept the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te into power on Saturday, strongly rejecting Chinese pressure to spurn him, as China said it would not give up on achieving "reunificat…
Elections started on Saturday in Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections which China has framed as a choice between war and peace and are happening as Beijing ramps up pressure to get the island to accept its sovereignty.
Taiwan has…
Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay has won the elections for a second time after his party won nearly two-thirds of seats, the election commission said on Wednesday.
The election was dominated by serious economic challenges that have called…
Gabriel Attal has been appointed as the new prime minister of France, becoming the youngest and the first openly gay head of government, AFP reported.
President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday named 34-year-old education minister Attal as prime minist…
Sheikh Hasina, who has been the prime minister of Bangladesh for 15 years, has secured a fourth consecutive term in office, the country’s electoral commission has said.
Bangladesh, home to 170 million people, is the first country in South A…
Harvard University's president Claudine Gay has resigned after facing allegations of plagiarism and criticism over her comments about antisemitism on campus.
In a letter announcing her resignation, she said it was in the "best interests&…
An airbus of Japan Airlines Co. has caught fire at Tokyo's Haneda airport, Kyodo News reported.
The fire may have been caused by a collision between the plane and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft, the Tokyo fire department said.
The Minis…
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast Monday, disrupting the festive mood of New Year celebrations, with a large tsunami warning issued for the central prefecture of Ishikawa.
The quake, wh…
North Korea has said it will launch three more military spy satellites, build military drones and boost its nuclear arsenal in 2024, as part of its military modernization program.
Pyongyang put a spy satellite into orbit in November at its t…
China has announced former Navy chief Dong Jun as its new defense minister, nearly two months after sacking former minister Li Shangfu.
China's top legislators announced Dong Jun's appointment at a meeting of the Standing Committee of the…
