US-S Korea Naval drills kick off in Sea of Japan amid Pyongyang’s missile launch

Trump’s early record ‘dreadful, frightening’ on war, economy, constitution

WASHINGTON –US President Donald Trump has lacked any substantial achievement during his first 100 days in office and has widely failed to deliver on his much-publicized...

ASEAN must solve world problems: jokowi

JAKARTA–Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on ASEAN leaders to transform the association into a relevant organization to become a solution to the world problems....

Chinese, Japanese foreign ministers discuss Korean crisis

BEIJING—Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has discussed the tensions on the Korean Peninsula as well as the prospects of bilateral relations’ development with his Japanese counterpart...

Trump to NRA: ‘You have a true friend in the White House’

ATLANTA — For nearly a decade, gun owners felt like they were living on pins and needles, worried about gun rights being taken away and feeling...

IS claims responsibility for Baghdad bomb that kills 4

BAGHDAD — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bombing that targeted a police station in Baghdad’s centre Friday night, and Iraqi officials said the...

Syrian man who sued over travel bans brings family to US

MADISON, Wis. — An attorney for a Syrian man living in Wisconsin who sued over President Donald Trump’s travel bans said Friday that the man has...

Powerful quake strikes off central Indonesia, tsunami alert issued

JAKARTA—An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale jolted North Sulawesi of central Indonesia earlier Saturday, with potential for tsunami, an official of the meteorology and...

Somali children being exploited amid severe drought

MOGADISHU—Over a million children in Somalia are at risk of increased violence, child labor and of being separated from their families due to severe drought ravaging...

ASEAN postpones adoption of migrant workers protection declaration – official

MOSCOW—Indonesian Foreign Ministry’s director general for ASEAN affairs said that Association of Southeast Asian Nations has temporarily set aside the adoption of a declaration on migrant...