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A total of 332 cruise ships docked in Taiwan and brought in around 628,600 visitor arrivals during the first half of 2026, according to...

The contest has become a “platform for division,” the head of Dutch public broadcaster Avrotros has said ...

Kiev has descended into repression at home and “outright terror” against Russian civilians, Moscow’s UN envoy has said ...

North Korea’s crackdown on smuggling along its border with China has cut off a key source of side income for state security agents who...

President Trump has blasted Canadian leaders as “clowns” and told them to “fall in line” as the trade war escalates ...

Beijing has pledged to deepen shipping cooperation with Moscow as part of its “Ice Silk Road” initiative ...

North Korea’s Cabinet Ministry of Education has ordered major universities in Pyongyang to stamp out the ghostwriting of graduation theses, sparking anxiety among soon-to-graduate...

The hawkish late senator’s sister has shown her utter inexperience, but some voters may prefer a novice focused at home over more war abroad ...

FIDE officials have put personal interests and politics ahead of the game, leading names in Russian chess have argued ...

London is sending all the wrong messages and its options for escalation are limited ...

Iran’s top negotiator has dismissed the latest threat from Washington as empty “bombast” ...

The EU has failed to protect its member states from the influx of illegal migrants, AfD co-chair Alice Weidel has argued ...

Demand for South Korean cosmetics among North Korea’s wealthy elite shows no sign of slowing, and smugglers have begun repackaging the products into Chinese...

The US president has escalated the trade war with Ottawa days after negotiations collapsed and a new round of duties took effect ...