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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was due to announce on Sunday upgrades to US command structures in Japan, as Washington and Tokyo improve military cooperation in the face of an increasingly assertive China. The United States has about 54,000 military personnel in Japan, who currently report to the Hawaii-based Indo-Pacific Command, about 6,500 kilometers (4,000 […]

A high-speed train of French railway company SNCF travels at low speed on the Bordeaux-Paris route in Chartres, northern France, July 26, 2024, this scene after the resumption of high-speed train services on the line between Paris and Bordeaux following suspected acts of sabotage on the country’s rail network ahead of the opening ceremony of

India on Saturday called for de-escalation and restraint in war-torn Gaza, while also reiterating the importance of dialogue and diplomacy to end the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar highlighted India’s stand on the two major conflicts while addressing the 14th East Asia Summit foreign ministers meeting in the capital of the

Supporters of Pakistani religious group “Jamaat-e-Islami” protest in Rawalpindi city, Pakistan, Saturday, July 27, 2024. | Photo credit: AP Pakistan’s right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Saturday vowed to continue its protests in Islamabad and Rawalpindi as the party’s sit-in continued for the second day as it pressurised the government to reduce electricity prices and taxes on

On Sunday, a stricken Venezuela, still reeling from an economic crisis that has resulted in the largest forced displacement crisis in Latin America, will vote to choose a president for a new six-year term beginning on January 10, 2025. The current president who has presided over this economic collapse, Nicolás Maduro, is running for his

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos on July 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday he “does not listen” to Ukraine’s contradictory statements on peace talks. Mr Lavrov made the remarks after Ukrainian Foreign

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) shakes hands with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the 57th meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers in Vientiane on July 27, 2024. | Photo credit: AFP The United States on Saturday praised “open and productive” discussions between China’s foreign minister and Secretary

Residents console each other as they gather at the site of an alleged attack from Lebanon, in the Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, July 27, 2024. | Photo credit: AFP Israel said at least 10 people were killed and many others, including children, were injured in a rocket attack on a soccer

Ten people, including children, were killed in a rocket attack on a soccer field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday, Israel’s N12 News reported, in the worst incident yet in months of violence between Israel and armed groups in Lebanon. The Israeli military said the rocket was fired by the Lebanese group Hezbollah. The

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told Christians on Friday that if they voted for him this November, “in four years, you won’t have to vote again. We’ll fix it so well you won’t have to vote”. It was unclear what the former president meant by his remarks, in an election campaign where his Democratic opponents