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Taiwan's opposition leader Cheng Li-wun is on a rare visit to China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping which as she says is for promoting cross-strait "peace." "The purpose of this visit to mainland China is precisely to show the world that it is not just Taiwan that unilaterally hopes for peace," said Cheng

Energy security has once again taken on urgent priority in the European Union, as the Iran war reveals how exposed many member states still are to abrupt oil and gas supply shocks — despite the lessons of Russia's full‑scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago.   The crisis has prompted member states to reexamine their efforts

Australian police have arrested the country's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, on allegations of war crimes. The Australian Federal Police said a man, identified by local news outlets as Roberts-Smith, was charged over the killing of several unarmed civilians while on deployment in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012. The former soldier was previously awarded

Vietnam's Communist Party's Secretary General To Lam was unanimously elected by parliament as the country's president for a five-year term, making him the most powerful Vietnamese leader in decades. After his swearing-in ceremony, Lam told the National Assembly that his top priority was to maintain peace and stability, which were the foundation for fast and

The astronauts on the Artemis II mission made history on Monday, reaching the farthest distance in space of any human, after surpassing the previous record set by the Apollo 13 mission in April 1970. With just an hour before kicking off the fly-around and lunar observations, the spaceship was flying at 252,752 miles (406,764.9 kilometers), surpassing the distance record

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached a deal with the administration of Donald Trump to join its third-country program, which would allow them to receive migrant deportees from the US. The Congolese Ministry of Communications said in a statement that deportees will begin arriving this month. They did not provide any information on

South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) on Monday said it now considers the daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to be his political successor. Kim's heir apparent, thought to be named Kim Ju Ae, has accompanied her father on several official occasions in appearances thought to be cementing her position. What has South Korea

Myanmar's new parliament elected Min Aung Hlaing as president on April 3, formalizing the junta chief's grip on power under the veneer of civilian rule.    The 69-year-old general won 429 of 584 votes in a parliament dominated by the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), and a separate large bloc of lawmakers appointed by the

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister Kim Yo Jong on Monday said regret expressed by Seoul over a January drone incursion into the North as wise behaviour. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung had earlier expressed regret to Pyongyang after a drone entered North Korea earlier this year, calling the act "irresponsible." What did  Kim Yo Jong say?

The prolonged airstrikes against military and civilian targets in Iran are putting the country's fragile health care system under increasing pressure, according to multiple reports. Iranian officials claim that many pharmaceutical factories and medical facilities have been hit since the US and Israel launched their bombing campaign in late February. Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO)