Senior Chinese diplomat set for first visit to South Korea in five years amid missile defense row
A high-ranking Chinese diplomat is visiting Seoul this week for the first time in five years as the two countries seek to improve ties amid a spat over a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea.
Blast at Indonesia’s national monument park in central Jakarta: media
An explosion has occurred at Indonesia’s National Monument park, near the presidential palace in central Jakarta, according to media reports citing police on Tuesday.
North Korea’s Kim celebrates completion of ‘modern mountainous city’
North Korea has celebrated the completion of leader Kim Jong Un’s signature construction project, a new city near the sacred mountain where his family claims its roots, with state media on Tuesday calling it the “epitome of modern civilisation”.
Hong Kong government to introduce fourth round of relief measures: leader
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that her administration would introduce a fourth round of relief measures in the near term to boost the city’s battered economy after six months of unrest.
Typhoon hits Philippines, disrupting travel, work
A typhoon struck the Philippines on Tuesday bringing heavy rains and prompting preemptive halts in air travel, schools and government offices, with some 200,000 people evacuated after warnings of floods and landslides.
China may ban all U.S. diplomatic passport-holders from Xinjiang: Global Times editor
China might ban all U.S. diplomatic passport-holders from entering the country’s western Xinjiang autonomous region, Global Times Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin said on Tuesday.
China bars U.S. military ships, aircraft from Hong Kong, sanctions U.S.-based NGOs
China on Monday banned U.S. military ships and aircraft from visiting Hong Kong and slapped sanctions on several U.S. non-government organizations for allegedly encouraging anti-government protesters in the city to commit violent acts.
Exclusive: U.S. defense chief calls on Turkey to stop holding up NATO readiness plan
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper urged Turkey on Monday to stop holding up support for a NATO defense plan for the Baltics and Poland, as Ankara presses the alliance to support its fight against U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG militia in Syria.
U.S. senators want Turkey sanctioned over Russia missile system
U.S. lawmakers pressed the Trump administration on Monday to impose sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of a Russian missile defense system, saying the failure to do so sends a “terrible signal,” and a key Senate committee set a vote on additional le…
NATO summit toasts 70 years. But is it waving or drowning?
There will be plenty of applause when NATO leaders gather in London to celebrate seven decades of the most successful military alliance in history.
