Authorities are investigating a blaze at a shoe factory in southeastern China's Fujian province that killed 28 people, raising renewed concern over worker safety.
The Philippine Senate has started the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte in a politically volatile event that will unfold with the backdrop of her bitter feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Thousands of police officers were deployed to secure the Senate.
Taiwan's top diplomat in the U.S. says the island needs American weapons to bolster its self-defense against the growing threat from China.
Leaders at the Group of Seven summit have backed U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative agreement with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and extend a ceasefire.
Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition leader says her party is committed to defense of the self-ruled island that China views as its own but that peace is possible by taking permanent secession off the table.
Two leading House Republicans are meeting with Taiwan’s opposition leader as she travels to Washington this week.
Taiwan's military has sent rockets in China's direction from “shoot and scoot” launchers in a demonstration of how it might defend itself against an attack.
China has reported that its exports picked up pace in May, rising 19.4% from a year earlier.
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called a U_S_ push for denuclearization of North Korea “anachronistic dream."
President Donald Trump is keeping open the possibility of speaking directly with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te— even after Beijing has publicly urged him not to.
Some of the leading artificial intelligence companies are moving toward initial public offerings this year at eye-popping valuations.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Washington remains committed to the Indo-Pacific region while softening past comments that described China as an imminent threat.
The Trump administration has revoked the visa of a Chinese national working for the state news agency Xinhua in the U.S. This move follows Beijing's decision to expel Vivian Wang, a New York Times correspondent, apparently over a DealBook event featuring Taiwan's leader.
The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and higher stock prices, and gave them incentives to stick around and make even more money for shareholders in the years ahead.
Authorities in northern China are investigating a coal mine operator for safety lapses after an explosion killed at least 82 people.
Chinese local officials say that a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern Shanxi province has killed at least 82 people.
Taiwan's government says it hasn't been notified of any pause in a planned $14 billion U.S. arms sale to the self-governing island.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping's recent summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin highlighted different dynamics with each country.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te says that if given the chance he would tell U.S. President Donald Trump he hopes to continue U.S. arms purchases that are essential for peace.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have hailed their strategic ties and energy trade during a meeting in Beijing.
The U.S. government agreed to permanently drop tax claims against President Donald Trump as part of a settlement deal to resolve Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The White House says China has agreed to increase its imports of U.S. agricultural products like beef and poultry, after President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing last week.
Taiwan’s president says arms purchases from the United States are crucial for regional stability, after President Donald Trump questioned continued U.S. support for Taiwan following his visit to China.
U.S. President Donald Trump has described arms sales to Taiwan as a "very good negotiating chip" in dealings with China.
President Donald Trump has returned from his state visit to China to face a challenging U.S. economy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin says.
U.S. President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping is considering the case of detained pastor Ezra Jin Mingri.
Iran’s foreign minister says that a lack of trust remains the biggest obstacle in negotiations to end the war with the U.S. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said contradictory messages from the U.S. have made Iran reluctant about its intentions in the stalled ceasefire negotiations.
President Donald Trump says American aircaft manufacturer Boeing has a deal to sell at least 200 planes to China.
The U.S. stock market fell from its records and joined a worldwide drop for stocks after higher oil prices sent a shiver through the bond market.
President Donald Trump says he’s not yet made a decision on whether a major sale of U.S. arms to Taiwan can move forward following his three-day visit to China.
The U.S. stock market rose to more records after Cisco Systems joined the parade of companies reporting fatter profits for the start of 2026 than analysts expected.
China’s Xi Jinping has warned President Donald Trump that their two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue is not handled properly.
President Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing has sent U.S.-China trade into a freefall and forced companies on both sides of the Pacific to regroup.
U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for his highly anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence.
The welcoming ceremony for U_S_ President Donald Trump as he arrived in Beijing for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping has included a military honor guard, a military band and hundreds of Chinese youths waving flags and chanting, “Warm welcome!”.
Prominent U.S. executives from Big Tech and Wall Street to agriculture and aerospace joined President Donald Trump on his trip to China.
Kuwait accused Iran of launching a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Middle East nation.
President Donald Trump is downplaying differences with President Xi Jinping over the U.S. conflict in Iran as he heads to Beijing for a high-stakes summit with the Chinese leader.
President Donald Trump claims America is profiting from trade with China despite tensions over rare earth minerals, tariffs and emerging technologies like AI.
Iran and the United States have reached an impasse again over how to end their war while their ceasefire grew increasingly shaky.
U.S. President Donald Trump says the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest proposal to end the war.
President Donald Trump has demonstrated greater ambivalence toward Taiwan in his second term.
China says exports have risen 14.1% in April from a year earlier, despite the Iran war and lingering impacts from higher U.S. tariffs.
The U_S_ military says that it intercepted Iranian attacks on three U_S_ Navy ships as they transited the Strait of Hormuz and “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U_S_ forces.”.
China’s diplomatic role in the Iran war has come into sharper focus after talks between Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers on Wednesday, days before U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
White House officials are renewing calls on China to use its influence with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Russia's Defense Ministry has declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine to mark Victory Day, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
The Russian Defense Ministry says the traditional Victory Day parade will take place without military equipment.
The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies’ exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models, singling out China at a time that country is narrowing the gap with the U.S. in the AI race.
Cambodia and China have held their first meeting of what is called a “2+2” Strategic Dialogue Mechanism.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has started a two-day visit to Spain on Friday when he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez met a day before they will gather with other leaders who are concerned with the fate of the democratic order and the rise of the populist far right.
A Kazakh court has convicted 19 Kazakh activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what advocates call an extraordinary move by the Kazakh government to silence dissident at the behest of Beijing.
Human Rights Watch, in a detailed new report, says Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics.
The Trump administration is setting the stage to shift its war campaign toward a more economically focused effort aimed at choking Tehran into submission rather than relying on bombs alone.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez have pledged to safeguard multilateralism amid global conflicts.
China has announced it will resume some ties with Taiwan, including direct flights and imports of Taiwanese aquaculture products.
President Barack Obama in 2011 declared it was time to leave behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and “pivot” to Asia to counter China's rise.
Taiwan's opposition leader has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, marking the first such encounter in over a decade.
With a fragile ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran holding for now, China is considering its role in helping find a durable endgame to the war in the Middle East.
Vietnam has unanimously elected Communist Party leader To Lam as president, consolidating his control over both party and state.
Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun has arrived in China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, in what she's calling a “journey for peace” as Beijing pushes for the self-governed island to come under its control.
Peace talks between Afghanistan’s Taliban government and Pakistan are advancing, China’s government said, two days after those countries resumed conversations after weeks of fighting that have killed hundreds.
U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan say the United States supports efforts by Taiwan's government to pass a $40 billion special defense budget that is being stalled in the opposition-controlled parliament.
The White House says President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for a rescheduled summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15.
A Chinese province has intensified a crackdown on fentanyl precursor trafficking, an issue that strained U.S.-China relations and prompted tariffs on imports from China.
