Nepal’s army ties to restore order as protesters seek former chief justice as interim leader

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, KATHMANDU, (AP):- Soldiers in Nepal’s capital ordered people to stay home Wednesday after the military came out in force overnight to halt two days of deadly unrest that..

Nepal’s prime minister resigns as protests against the government and corruption rage on

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, KATHMANDU, (AP):- Nepal’s prime minister resigned Tuesday as protests against a short-lived ban on social media grew increasingly violent and expanded into broader..

Ukraine shows diplomats damage after Russia’s largest aerial attack since invasion

By ILLIA NOVIKOV, KYIV, Ukraine (AP):- Senior Ukrainian officials led 60 foreign diplomats on a tour of damaged government offices in the heart of Kyiv on Monday, a day after Russia’s largest..

Japan’s prime minister resigns after party suffered historic defeat in summer election

By MARI YAMAGUCHI, TOKYO (AP):- Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday that he will resign following growing calls from within his party to take responsibility for a historic..

Israel calls on famine-stricken residents to flee and targets more high-rises in Gaza City

By WAFAA SHURAFA and BASSEM MROUE, DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP):- The Israeli army issued evacuation orders and targeted high-rise buildings in famine-stricken Gaza City on Saturday, calling..

Pentagon-funded research at colleges has aided the Chinese military, a House GOP report says

By DIDI TANG and COLLIN BINKLEY, WASHINGTON (AP):- Over a recent two-year period, the Pentagon funded hundreds of projects done in collaboration with universities in China and institutes linked to..

South Africa asks China to postpone naval exercises that coincide with possible Trump trip for G20

By GERALD IMRAY, CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP):- South Africa’s Department of Defense said Thursday it has asked China to postpone naval exercises that would have brought Chinese and Russian..

A summit and parade in China may signal a geopolitical shift. They might also be political jockeying

By FOSTER KLUG, TOKYO (AP):- The leaders of China, North Korea and Russia stood shoulder to shoulder Wednesday as high-tech military hardware and thousands of marching soldiers filled the streets of..

Kim Jong Un rides his trademark green train to China. He also has a plane, limos and white horses

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM, SEOUL, South Korea (AP):- In his latest bid to place himself among world leaders confronting the United States, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing..

Modi and Putin affirm special relationship as India faces steep US tariffs over Russian oil imports

By RAJESH ROY and HUIZHONG WU, TIANJIN, China (AP):- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of a regional summit in China on Monday in a show of..

Ships carrying aid, activists and celebrities set sail from Barcelona to Gaza

By RENATA BRITO and TERESA MEDRANO, BARCELONA (AP):- A flotilla of ships departed from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip Sunday with humanitarian aid, activists and celebrities on board seeking to break..

Russian mass drone and missile attack on southern Ukraine kills 1 and wounds dozens

KYIV, Ukraine (AP):- Russia launched a mass attack on southern Ukraine, local officials said, two days after a rare airstrike on central Kyiv killed 23 and damaged European Union diplomatic offices..

India’s Modi meets Japan’s Ishiba as he begins Asia tour

By MARI YAMAGUCHI, TOKYO (AP):- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Japanese counterpart at a Tokyo business forum Friday as he begins a trip to Japan and China. Later Friday, Modi..

A look at the travels of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, who visits China next week

(AP):- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making a rare foreign trip, traveling next week to China to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Kim has traveled around Asia since..

Trump’s 50% tariffs on India over Russian oil purchases take effect

By RAJESH ROY, NEW DELHI (AP):- Steep U.S. tariffs on a range of Indian products took effect Wednesday, threatening a serious blow to India’s overseas trade in its largest export..