Asia & Pacific

In Japan’s two-chamber parliament, the lower house has more power, giving it more control over governing policy.

India agreed to buy $500 billion in U.S. energy, precious metal, coal, and other products as part of the agreement.

Religious persecution is ‘a warning sign that freedom itself is under siege,’ says the former ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.

Last month, the Pentagon announced an $11.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan, the largest U.S. weapons package ever proposed for the island democracy.

President Ishmael Toroama says Bougainvillean government has rejected a proposal that would have diluted its stake in its copper mining company.

Thailand’s military uncovered the deceptive office and the Australian Federal Police is now engaging with Thai authorities.

The court ruling is a setback for Beijing’s regional strategy.

The man has been identified as 27-year-old Michael Hurst from Melbourne. Japanese authorities are investigating the cause of his death.

While allowing other countries in, strict legal and financial conditions are designed to keep Washington firmly in control.

The abuse is ‘something so chilling and appalling that a lot of people don’t even want to think about it,’ the co-chair of the summit said.

President Lai Ching-te says his administration will continue to deepen Taiwan–U.S. economic and trade relations and diversify the island’s technology presence.

The deal will result in India charging a zero percent levy on American goods entering the country, according to the president.

A claim before the Waitangi Tribunal covering the country’s petroleum, natural gas and minerals could impede a deal with the US.

Xi’s purge has created a vacuum in the PLA’s top leadership and significantly weakened its capabilities and his own control of the military, analysts said.

As infections reported this week in India have the world on high alert, China says it has testing kits ready and a potential drug treatment.

Beijing seeks to tighten its grip on the U.N. agency to subvert the international order, experts warn.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he doubted President Donald Trump would slap tariffs on Britain for making trade deals with China.

The meeting follows a two-day summit earlier this month between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

While seeing a role for the Board in Gaza, New Zealand says there’s not enough clarity around how it would operate in relation to the United Nations.

‘We’re engaging with other authorities internationally, including the World Health Organisation (WHO),’ said Health Minister Mark Butler.

In Japan’s two-chamber parliament, the lower house has more power, giving it more control over governing policy.

India agreed to buy $500 billion in U.S. energy, precious metal, coal, and other products as part of the agreement.

Religious persecution is ‘a warning sign that freedom itself is under siege,’ says the former ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.

Last month, the Pentagon announced an $11.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan, the largest U.S. weapons package ever proposed for the island democracy.

President Ishmael Toroama says Bougainvillean government has rejected a proposal that would have diluted its stake in its copper mining company.

Thailand’s military uncovered the deceptive office and the Australian Federal Police is now engaging with Thai authorities.

The court ruling is a setback for Beijing’s regional strategy.

The man has been identified as 27-year-old Michael Hurst from Melbourne. Japanese authorities are investigating the cause of his death.

While allowing other countries in, strict legal and financial conditions are designed to keep Washington firmly in control.

The abuse is ‘something so chilling and appalling that a lot of people don’t even want to think about it,’ the co-chair of the summit said.

President Lai Ching-te says his administration will continue to deepen Taiwan–U.S. economic and trade relations and diversify the island’s technology presence.

The deal will result in India charging a zero percent levy on American goods entering the country, according to the president.

A claim before the Waitangi Tribunal covering the country’s petroleum, natural gas and minerals could impede a deal with the US.

Xi’s purge has created a vacuum in the PLA’s top leadership and significantly weakened its capabilities and his own control of the military, analysts said.

As infections reported this week in India have the world on high alert, China says it has testing kits ready and a potential drug treatment.

Beijing seeks to tighten its grip on the U.N. agency to subvert the international order, experts warn.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he doubted President Donald Trump would slap tariffs on Britain for making trade deals with China.

The meeting follows a two-day summit earlier this month between Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

While seeing a role for the Board in Gaza, New Zealand says there’s not enough clarity around how it would operate in relation to the United Nations.

‘We’re engaging with other authorities internationally, including the World Health Organisation (WHO),’ said Health Minister Mark Butler.