BEIJING – A U.S.-trained economist was appointed Monday to succeed the longtime governor of China’s central bank, Zhou Xiaochuan, at a time when the ruling Communist...
BEIJING – China on Monday appointed a former missile force commander as its new defence minister amid lingering concerns over the goals of its rapid military...
BEIJING – China’s next economy czar is a Harvard-trained supporter of free markets who is President Xi Jinping’s top adviser but has no experience fighting the...
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – Top U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials discussed how to achieve the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during weekend talks...
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday dismissed British accusations of Russia’s involvement in an ex-spy’s poisoning as “nonsense,” but added that Moscow is ready...
LONDON – Lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic criticized Facebook and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, after reports surfaced that another company, Cambridge Analytica, improperly...
CANBERRA, Australia – Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi was welcomed to Australia’s Parliament House on Monday for the official start of a state visit that...
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president said Sunday that allied Syrian forces have taken “total” control of the town centre of Afrin, the target of a nearly two-month-old...
BUNIA, Congo — The assailants attacked under cover of darkness, slaughtering Nguli Nzafi ‘s wife and three children with machetes and arrows. The 71-year-old, who also...
SYDNEY, Australia — South East Asian leaders and Australia’s prime minister on Sunday called on North Korea to end its nuclear program urged United Nations countries...