PANMUNJOM, South Korea — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations urged Russia and China on Tuesday to reverse course, and stop rewarding North Korea’s bad behavior and blocking U.N. scrutiny of the isolated country’s efforts to evade sanctions over its weapons programs. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the remarks during a visit to the Demilitarized Zone, a heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, which remain technically at war. Her trip to South Korea came after Russia...
The Philippines and the United States will collaborate to counter China’s “false narratives” on the West Philippine Sea, Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said on Wednesday.
"Whether we like it or not, services such as retail, care work, and other personal services will remain the primary engine of job creation."
Malaysia appears to be benefitting from U.S.-China trade tensions, which has prompted companies to diversify their semiconductor operations.
The U.S. 7th Fleet said a Navy P-8A Poseidon flew through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, a day after U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held their first talks since November 2022 in an effort to reduce regional tensions.
Israel has been under intense international pressure to improve the
China is fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. by directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials that are used by traffickers to make the drug outside the country, according to a report released Tuesday by a special House committee focused on countering the Chinese government. Committee investigators said they accessed
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday.
The U.S. and the Philippines kicked off joint military drills Monday in the South China Sea, drawing immediate protests from China.
China on Wednesday said it "firmly opposes" the U.S. investigation into its maritime, logistics and shipbuilding industries.
The U.S. ambassador to Japan urged Tokyo on Tuesday to take a greater role in developing, producing and supplying weapons “to enhance our collective security" amid conflict in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere. The United States alone can no longer supply all democracies, Ambassador Rahm Emanuel said during a visit to
China’s Coast Guard said Tuesday it had “expelled” two Philippine ships from its waters in the disputed South China Sea, as Manila accused Beijing of using water cannon against two of its vessels. “On April 30, the Chinese Coast Guard, in accordance with the law, expelled Philippine coast guard ship 4410 and government ship 3004 […]