Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Melinda Haring, expert on Ukraine, non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center and Senior Advisor to Razom Advocacy's advisory board. According to Haring, the psychological and military balance...

Taipei has only 12 diplomatic allies after Beijing, which claims Taiwan is part of its territory, systematically poached the others in a bid to isolate the self-governed island. Pena is leading a delegation of government officials and business repr...

Taipei has only 12 diplomatic allies after Beijing, which claims Taiwan is part of its territory, systematically poached the others in a bid to isolate the self-governed island. Pena is leading a delegation of government officials and business repr...

A spate of bear encounters, including at hot spring resorts and in supermarkets last year, sparked alarm, with the government deploying troops to help hunt and trap them. Record sightings have been reported again this year as the bears emerge from ...

After being rescued last year, they are now thriving at a wildlife refuge in the Caucasus country's highlands, but others have not been so lucky. As many as 20 bears are thought to remain captive in Armenia -- a post-Soviet country where oligarchs ...

Umpire Takuto Kawakami was behind home plate during a game in Tokyo on April 16 when slugger Jose Osuna swung his bat, which flew out of his hands and struck the left side of Kawakami's head. The 30-year-old fell to the ground and was rushed to hos...

In just the latest instance of serious crowd trouble in South American football, the referee ordered the players off the field at Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellin shortly after kickoff. After about 50 minutes, authorities ordered the evacuatio...

The world's largest automaker by vehicle sales made the announcement as it revealed net profit fell 19.2 percent to 3.8 trillion yen ($25 billion) in the 2025-26 fiscal year. Revenues last fiscal year rose 5.5 percent to 50.7 trillion yen, and for ...

Strasbourg suffered another defeat in the Europa Conference League semi-finals against Rayo Vallecano, bringing their European run to an end. The team were completely outclassed and had no answers. Rayo Vallecano will now face Crystal Palace in the ...

The South Asian nation had made advancements in vaccinations to help stem the deadly virus -- but coverage gaps during and after the chaos of a 2024 uprising that overthrew the autocratic government left the youngest generation badly exposed. "I wa...

US president Donald Trump insisted the ceasefire with Iran was still in place Thursday, despite an exchange of fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz. The US and Iran offered conflicting views of the event - as both nations claimed to have...

Here is a look at how the competition is put together, how artists are chosen and how the voting system works in 2026: Organisers Eurovision is an international co‑production by public broadcasting services that are members of the European Broadca...

Liu Shaoyong was the chairman of China Eastern Airlines when one of its planes mysteriously plunged into a mountainside in southern China in March 2022, killing 132 people on board. China's top prosecutor "decided to arrest" Liu on "suspicion of br...

The Wolves, who have remained in the top division since promotion in 1997, sit in 16th place, the relegation play-off spot. Wolfsburg need to beat the Bundesliga champions to keep alive their slim hopes of breaching a six-point gap to safety and g...