A second major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has said it is ready for China-mediated talks with the junta to end more than a year of renewed fighting that has ravaged areas along the Chinese border.

China's coast guard said that Philippine coast guard ships came "dangerously close" to its own in a confrontation in the contested South China Sea on Wednesday.

Parliamentary staffers used sofas and fire extinguishers to block soldiers armed with assault rifles and night-vision goggles from entering South Korea's National Assembly to maintain martial law, ...

Novak Djokovic will begin his 2025 season and bid for an 11th Australian Open title at the Brisbane International, it was announced Wednesday, with the Serbian superstar now coached by Andy Murray.

An eerie silence pervades the historic center of Culiacan, capital of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, where infighting among ...

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The UN appealed Wednesday for more $47.4 billion to provide vital assistance next year to nearly 190 million people around the world, as surging conflicts and the climate crisis drive up needs.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that Tokyo was monitoring the situation in South Korea with "exceptional and serious concerns" after the Asian neighbour's president declared then ...

"Bro, I can't wait for my first dead body," wrote an 11-year-old boy on Instagram in Sweden, where gangs recruit children too young to be prosecuted as contract killers on chat apps.

China vows to defend its "national sovereignty" and "territorial integrity" as Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te visits the Marshall Islands on a tour of Pacific nations.

The UN General Assembly on Tuesday called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories and pushed for the creation of a Palestinian state, convening an international conference in ...