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Iran has announced the successful launch of a satellite-carrying rocket, the latest achievement in its space programme, which has faced longstanding criticism from Western nations,…

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol backed down early Wednesday after he tossed his country into turmoil for six hours by suddenly declaring martial law and mobilizing the army. Yoon…

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law,” Tuesday accusing the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with…

China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications. The Chinese…

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his pick for US ambassador to Britain. The longtime Republican donor was once reportedly…

The Kremlin said Monday that it continued to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after jihadists last week wrested swathes of territory from government control. "We of course continue to support Bashar al-Assad and we continue contacts at the appropriate levels, we are analysing the situation," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, adding that Russia would draw up a "position on what is necessary to stabilise the situation".

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te visited the US-funded East-West Center in Hawaii on Sunday during a two-day stopover that has drawn sharp rebukes from Beijing. The visit is part…

Jihadist-led rebels seized Aleppo's airport and dozens of nearby towns on Saturday after overrunning most of Syria's second city, a war monitor said. Damascus ally Moscow responded…

Jihadists and allied factions have taken control of "half of the city of Aleppo", the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP early Saturday. Rami Abdul Rahman said that "half of the city of Aleppo is now under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and allied factions", adding that "there has been no fighting, not a single shot was fired, as regime forces withdrew."

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday threatened to strike "decision-making centres" in Kyiv with Russia's new hypersonic missile, hours after Moscow pummelled Ukraine's energy grid…

Russia is engaged in a massive missile and drone attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure Thursday, officials said, as fears mount about Moscow’s intentions to devastate…

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said Wednesday it had achieved "victory" over Israel and that its fighters were at the ready, in its first statement since a truce between the two…

Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants began a ceasefire Wednesday in a major step toward ending nearly 14 months of fighting as a region on edge wondered whether it will hold.…