© Provided by Xinhua Richard Haass, president of U.S. think tank Council on Foreign Relations, wrote on Twitter that he believes "the grim aftermath of America's strategic and moral failure will reinforce questions about U.S. reliability among frien...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has administered at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines to 9.15 million people, or 57 percent of the kingdom's 16-million population so far, Ministry of Health's secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine s...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The White House is finding itself in a new crisis after a botched withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, overwhelmed by withering criticism from home and abroad. A viral video clip shows a crowd of Afghans running ...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Laos recorded a trade deficit of 99 million U.S. dollars in July 2021, according to the country's trade portal website. Laos' exports during July were worth 374 million U.S. dollars, while the value of imports was 473 m...

Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): After the fall of Afghanistan to Taliban, many drew parallels with the situation in Vietnam from half a century ago in which the US war collapsed into ultimate ruin. Social media was abuzz with a photograph of a sing...

The Australian Government needs to show compassion and be flexible towards asylum seekers fleeing Afghanistan, writes Dr Claire Higgins.JUST HOURS AFTER the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Australia joined the international community in

Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): A classified assessment by American spy agencies had predicted the collapse of the Afghan military and Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, despite US President Joe Biden's assurances that Kabul was unlikely to fall acco...

© Provided by Xinhua The China-funded national stadium with 60,000 seats will serve as the main venue for tournaments when Cambodia hosts the Southeast Asian Games in 2023.PHNOM PENH, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Construction work on a China-f

In Afghanistan, American hubris - the United States' capacity for self-delusion and officia

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 17 (ANI): After Ashraf Ghani fled the war-torn country, Afghan First Vice President Amrullah Saleh declared himself as the "legitimate caretaker President" in accordance with the constitution that states that in the absenc...

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - TOKYO -- The Japanese government on Tuesday decided to extend the COVID-19 state of emergency covering Tokyo and other areas and ori...

HANOI, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 9,605 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 9,595 locally transmitted and 10 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the total tally to 293,301, with 6,472 dea...

WASHINGTON - Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely - in some cases without a shot fired - that the ultimate beneficiary of the American investment turned out to be the Taliba...

BEIJING -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday exchanged views with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken over phone on the situation in Afghanistan and bilateral ties. The Taliban should announce a clean break with extrem...

MANILA -- Thirty-five Filipinos evacuated from Afghanistan arrived in the Philippine capital Manila on Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. "The 35 Filipinos from Afghanistan, (whose) respective companies evacuated to Doha, Qatar, j...

Beijing [China], August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): China's civil aviation regulator has announced the suspension of a Philippine Airlines flight and a Cambodia Airways flight after passengers tested positive for COVID-19. The suspension of flight PR314 from Ma...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Construction work on a China-funded national stadium in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, had been completed despite the impact of COVID-19, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said on Tuesday. Khon, who is also the presiden...

MONDAY AFTER the Tokyo Olympics ended, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque was quick to claim credit for the country's best Olympic performance yet, saying that it was "no coincidence" that it happened during the Duterte administration.On one hand,...

In the 19th century, the phrase "The Great Game" was used to describe competition for power and influence in Afghanistan, and neighbouring central and south Asia territories, between the British and Russian empires.Neither side prevailed in what beca...