Taiwan President Lai Ching-te had a 20-minute call with former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday, his spokeswoman told reporters in Hawaii where Lai is on a stopover as part of his Pacific tour.

Beijing warned Monday it could take "countermeasures" against Lithuania after the expulsion of three Chinese embassy staff, as ties fray over Vilnius's Taiwan ties and the suspected involvement of a ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Ukraine on Monday for a surprise visit to reaffirm Berlin's support for Kyiv in its fight against Russia.

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te kicked off his second day in the United States on Sunday, as China fumed over more US arms ...

Just after midnight as poisonous plumes of smoke wafted through the Indian city of Bhopal four decades ago, Gas Devi was born ...

UN talks aimed at halting the degradation and desertification of vast swathes of land start in Saudi Arabia on Monday after ...

A bear that rampaged through a Japanese supermarket for two days was lured out with food coated in honey, trapped and due to be killed on Monday, local officials said.

Spanish midfielder Riqui Puig, the key playmaker for Los Angeles Galaxy, has suffered an ACL knee injury and will miss ...

New Zealand scientists on Monday began dissecting a whale considered the rarest in the world, a species so elusive that only ...

US President Joe Biden on Sunday said he had issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who is facing sentencing for two criminal cases related to tax evasion and the purchase of a firearm.

Dozens of Venezuelans took to the streets in Caracas on Sunday calling for the release of prisoners detained in protests against the disputed reelection of President Nicolas Maduro.

Dozens of people were killed Sunday in clashes between fans at a football match in N’Zerekore, Guinea's second largest city, hospital sources told AFP, describing scenes of massive violence.