Allies play hard to get on U.S. proposal to protect oil shipping lanes

2019/07/19 07:16:54

The United States is struggling to win its allies' support for an initiative to heighten surveillanc...

Vietnam says preserved corpse of Ho Chi Minh in great condition

2019/07/19 06:59:35

The embalmed corpse of Vietnam's founding leader, Ho Chi Minh, is in great condition, state media sa...

Iran military says all its drones have returned safely to base: report

2019/07/19 06:42:55

Iran's top military spokesman said all the country's drones had returned safely to base, the semi-of...

South Korea deputy advisor Kim says Japan's export curbs violate international law

2019/07/19 06:40:51

South Korea's Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Hyun-chong said on Friday that Japan has violated...

Australia 'deeply disappointed' by writer's detention in China

2019/07/19 06:20:18

Australia is "deeply disappointed" that Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been transferred ...

Blast near Afghan university kills six, injures 27

2019/07/19 05:53:30

An explosion on Friday near a gate to the campus of Kabul University in the Afghan capital killed si...

Animation fans lay flowers, pay respects at Japan studio ravaged by arson

2019/07/19 05:51:31

Animation fans gathered at the site of Japan's worst mass killing in 18 years on Friday, laying flow...

South Korea rejects Japan call for arbitration over wartime labor dispute

2019/07/19 05:34:48

South Korea on Friday rejected Japan's call for third-party arbitration over a court ruling last yea...

Indonesia suggests barter to help cover cost of jet project with South Korea

2019/07/19 07:10:31

Indonesia is offering to pay South Korea its share of the cost of developing a fighter jet in the fo...

U.S. says Navy ship 'destroyed' Iranian drone in Gulf

2019/07/19 06:43:28

The United States said on Thursday that a U.S. Navy ship had "destroyed" an Iranian drone in the Str...

Japan, South Korea dispute over history, trade deepens as man dies of immolation

2019/07/19 06:41:52

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono summoned and admonished South Korea's ambassador on Friday in a ...

South Africa's Zuma due back at corruption inquiry after adjournment

2019/07/19 06:31:05

Former South African president Jacob Zuma was due back at a public inquiry into state corruption on ...

Talks between Venezuela government and opposition continuing, says mediator Norway

2019/07/19 06:05:05

Talks between the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition are continuin...

Suspected arsonist planned Japan's worst mass killing in 18 years: media

2019/07/19 05:51:31

A man suspected of torching an animation studio in western Japan shouted that he had been plagiarize...

Iran's deputy foreign minister says Tehran has not lost any drones

2019/07/19 05:40:04

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denied on Friday that Iran had lost a drone in the Str...