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Myanmar's junta leader was on a visit to Russia on Monday (Sep 5), his second trip there in less than two months, as Myanmar's ruling military tries to shore up...

SHANGHAI: China's top legislator Li Zhanshu will attend the seventh Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok this week, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday (Sep 4), becoming the most...

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday (Sep 2) announced a new US$1.1 billion package of arms to Taiwan, in a new bid to boost the island's defences amid soaring tensions...

While G20 meetings are supposed to be about global economic issues, there is no doubt that the war in Ukraine and China’s increasing military activity around Taiwan will be a...

BERLIN: Germany will expand its military presence in the Indo-Pacific by sending more warships and joining drills with allies as it keeps an eye on the "enormous" build-up of China's...

JACOBABAD, Pakistan: Not long ago, Sara Khan, principal at a school for disadvantaged girls in Jacobabad in southern Pakistan, looked on in alarm as some students passed out from the...

BALI: Group of 20 climate talks in Bali ended without a joint communique Wednesday (Aug 31) despite host Indonesia warning the world's leading economies they must act together to combat...

Let's get you up to speed with the day's stories. Olympic champion Joseph Schooling’s admission of drug use might have tarnished his reputation, but brand experts that CNA spoke to say he...

PENGHU: Taiwan fired warning shots at a Chinese drone which buzzed an offshore islet on Tuesday (Aug 29) shortly after President Tsai Ing-wen said she had ordered Taiwan's military to...

SYDNEY: The Solomon Islands government has told the United States that it will place a moratorium on navy vessels entering its ports, the US embassy in Canberra said on Tuesday...