Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is in London this Friday for a meeting of the country’s key supporters, where Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to call on Europe to deliver more long-range missiles to help Kyiv maintain ...

EU leaders on Thursday asked the European Commission to prepare options to fund Ukraine for two more years, keeping open the possibility of a loan backed by frozen Russian assets. After a summit in Brussels, they deferred a final decision on the pro...

"I'm not really ready to look backwards and sort of rest on it," the 64-year-old actor told AFP on Thursday at the film's premiere at the American Film Institute festival in Los Angeles. Unlike his title character in "Jay Kelly," which will hit the...

Gender stereotypes and poor pay have long discouraged Japanese young men from becoming caregivers, even as demand surges in a country with one of the world's oldest populations. But Visionary, a firm based in the central city of Nagoya, has hit upo...

The world's two biggest economies have spent a large part of this year locked in a tit-for-tat trade row, though they appear to be seeking to avoid further escalation. Chinese vice premier He Lifeng is leading a delegation to meet US counterparts i...

On his Truth Social network, Trump vented fury at what he called a "fake" ad that he said misquoted former president Ronald Reagan discussing tariff policy. Trump said the campaign -- produced by the Canadian province of Ontario to be aired on US t...

In her first policy speech, Takaichi also told a rowdy parliament that the target of spending two percent of gross domestic product on defence will be brought forward by two years. Trump, who wants Tokyo and other allies to boost their military spe...

The case was served against the Australian government on behalf of women subjected to abuse at any time in a 21-year period between November 2003 and May 2025. "The threat of war often isn't the biggest safety fear for female ADF personnel, it is t...

Trump is expected in South Korea on Wednesday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum. US media have reported officials from his administration have privately discussed setting up a meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim, ...

Officials from both countries told AFP this week that talks are underway for a meeting between the two leaders at the regional summit of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) in Kuala Lumpur. "I am very interested in having this meeting. I am fully prepa...