BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. policy toward China has been misdirected for decades and policymakers are now recalibrating ties, Senator Elizabeth Warren told reporters during a visit to Beijing amid heightened trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Warren’s visit comes as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to implement more than $50 billion in tariffs […]

Russia tested its new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday as tensions continued to soar between Moscow and the West. The Russian Ministry of Defense released a video showing the RS-28 Sarmat—dubbed “Satan 2” by NATO—being launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast. The RS-28 Sarmat is a super-heavy, liquid-fueled ICBM capable of carrying […]

“We’re coming out of Syria very soon. Let the other people take care of it now, very soon. Very soon, we’re coming out.” President Donald Trump appeared to signal the withdrawal ‘very soon” of U.S. troops from Syria on Thursday, surprising the Pentagon and State Department. “By the way, we’re knocking the hell out of […]

VALENCIA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Rioting and a fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station in the central city of Valencia killed 68 people on Wednesday, according to the government and witnesses. Families hoping for news outside the police station were dispersed with tear gas and authorities did not give information until late into […]

HANOI (Reuters) – A crackdown on corruption in Vietnam unnerved some foreign investors when it intensified last year, but they are now getting much more sanguine about it and some say the business climate is improving as a result. While the campaign by the government of Communist party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has slowed […]

A former undercover informant says he provided evidence to the FBI during President Obama’s first term that Russia was assisting Iran’s nuclear program even as billions in new U.S. business flowed to Moscow’s uranium industry. William Douglas Campbell told The Hill his evidence included that Russia was intercepting nonpublic copies of international inspection reports on […]

(CNN)Saudi Arabia says one person was killed after seven missiles were fired from Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday. It’s the first death on Saudi soil since the Saudi-led coalition began a military intervention in Yemen three years ago. The missiles were fired at four targets, including the capital city of Riyadh, and all […]

GAZA CITY — The Israeli army said it bombed a Hamas military compound in the Gaza Strip early Sunday after a number of Palestinians allegedly breached the Gaza border fence and set fire to an army vehicle. No injuries were reported in the incident, which comes days before mass Palestinian protests are set to take […]

Only six whales have survived a mass stranding of pilot whales on the coast of Western Australia. About 150 of the animals were found beached at Hamelin Bay, about 300km (180 miles) south of Perth. Their discovery by a local fisherman on Friday prompted a major rescue effort to return them to deeper waters. However, by […]

President Duterte wants Filipino workers to eat ‘nutritious food’, have days off The Philippine bishops’ commission on migrant care is pressing the government to ensure that a deal about to be struck with Kuwait guaranteeing protection for Filipino workers, most of whom are maids, is adhered to. Philippine and Kuwaiti officials approved this week the final draft […]