Beijing has repeatedly threatened forceful measures if Pelosi, the most senior US politician to visit Taiwan since 1997, went ahead with the plan. Opinion in the US is divided over the visit, with some warning ...

Chinese foreign minister calls on Southeast Asian countries to resist involvement of ‘certain external powers’ in regional disputes. The remarks come as military tensions with the US and its allies grow over naval ...

the US successfully tested a Raytheon air-breathing hypersonic weapon capable of flying faster than five times the speed of sound for the second time. A statement from the contractor said the flight test met all ...

Russian and Ukrainian officials have signed a deal to allow grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the agreement ...

Firefighters battled blazes in France, Portugal and Spain while Britain issued its first ever ‘red’ warning for exceptional heat. Scientists blamed the increasing regularity of heatwaves on global warming and predicted ...

Ukrainian authorities say at least 20 people have been killed by a Russian missile attack on central city of Vinnytsia. The Russian military has not confirmed the attack.

Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the city of Nara in western Japan. Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s condition ‘currently ...

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held a video conversation with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday and raised concerns about the US’ imposing additional tariffs on Chinese goods and sanctions against China,...

At least 30 others were wounded when two Russian missiles hit a nine-storey apartment building and a resort near the Black Sea port city, a day after Ukraine retook Snake Island.