ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned that the Black Sea should not turn into an “area of confrontation” between Russia and Ukraine, after several strikes in recent weeks.
WASHINGTON: Democratic lawmakers released a new cache of photos from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that includes images of US President Donald Trump and former president Bill Clinton.
LONDON: Britain’s King Charles III, who has broken royal taboos to talk openly about battling cancer, revealed the “good news” that his treatment will be pared back next year.
MANILA: The Philippine coast guard said on Saturday that three Filipino fishermen had been wounded and two fishing vessels suffered “significant damage” when Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannon in a disputed South China Sea shoal.
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court will issue a verdict Monday in the national security trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a case widely criticised as a sign of erosion of political freedoms in the Chinese city.
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would “pardon” a Colorado official jailed on charges linked to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
CANBERRA: Australia has become the first country to ban users under 16 from major platforms including TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, with tech firms facing hefty fines for failing to remove young teen accounts.
TOKYO: Japan said Thursday it held a joint air exercise with the US in a show of force, days after Chinese-Russian patrols in the region and following weeks of diplomatic feuding between Tokyo and Beijing.
SEOUL: South Korea said it had lodged a protest with representatives of China and Russia on Wednesday, a day after Seoul said those countries’ warplanes had entered its air defence zone.
PESHAWAR: Militants stormed a security checkpoint in Pakistan’s northwest near the Afghan border, killing six soldiers, three police and security sources said on Tuesday.
TOKYO: A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Japan's northeast region late on Monday, prompting tsunami warnings and orders for residents to evacuate.
MIAMI: Ukrainian and US officials will hold a third straight day of talks in Miami on Saturday, with Washington saying the two sides agreed that “real progress” would depend on Russia’s willingness to end the war.
DOHA: The nearly two-month-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will not be complete until Israeli troops withdraw from the Palestinian territory under a peace plan backed by Washington and the UN, mediator Qatar’s prime minister said Saturday.
WASHINGTON: An advisory panel appointed by President Donald Trump’s vaccine-skeptic health secretary voted Friday to stop recommending that all newborns in the United States receive a hepatitis B vaccine.
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump aims to prevent conflict with China over Taiwan and the South China Sea by building up US and allies’ military power, according to a new US strategy document.