Russia

Exiled Tibetan political leader honored with democracy medal

The leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile on Thursday won the Democracy Service Medal from the U.S.-based National Endowment for Democracy, recognizing…

4 months ago

US defense chief seeks to reassure Asia-Pacific partners

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has reconfirmed Washington’s strong commitment to the Indo-Pacific, as well as to working with…

5 months ago

South Korea, China, Japan to hold trilateral talks on May 26-27 in Seoul

Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet on May 26-27 in Seoul for their first trilateral talks in…

5 months ago

Australia sanctions entities linked to North Korea-Russia arms deal

Updated May 17, 2024, 04:47 a.m. ET. Australia has imposed targeted sanctions against entities linked to the unlawful weapons trade…

5 months ago

Upbeat video casts Kim Jong Un as North Korea’s father figure

An upbeat and unusually high quality propaganda music video coming out of North Korea purports to show a prosperous, modern…

6 months ago

Blinken to visit China amid claims about Russia support

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China on Wednesday, according to a senior State Department official, in…

6 months ago

In China, drones, social media monitor foreign journalists: report

Chinese authorities use drones to monitor and follow foreign journalists as they report from the country, as well as detaining,…

6 months ago

Rohingya activists call for more control of aid money

Rohingya Muslim activists representing fellow refugees forced out of Myanmar and into “prison-like” camps in Bangladesh said in Washington on…

7 months ago

Why Laos’ Communists cannot do anti-corruption

Corruption is often seen as a byproduct, a quirk, of a political system. But in many authoritarian states, it is…

8 months ago

‘The whole trip was a complete shock and surprise.’

Ilya Voskresensky is a travel blogger from St. Petersburg, Russia, who last week joined the first foreign tour group to…

8 months ago

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