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Japan starts releasing state oil reserves to blunt impact of ME tensions

TOKYO - Japan began releasing oil from state reserves on Thursday to cushion the impact of the conflict on its economy, as concerns over supply mount and ...

Russia: Tokyo-Kyiv military ties undermines Ukraine peace prospects

MOSCOW - Japan's involvement in supplying weapons to Ukraine undermines prospects for a peaceful...

Iraq to summon US diplomat over deadly strike on military clinic

BAGHDAD - Iraq will summon the US charge d'affaires to protest the deadly airstrike...

US airport wait times stretch past 4 hours as shutdown cripples staffing

WASHINGTON - Wait times at US airport security checkpoints have reached the longest levels...

Germany unveils 8b-euro climate plan to reduce fossil fuel reliance

BERLIN - The German government on Wednesday adopted a climate plan that includes an...

U Aung Lin Dwe elected new speaker of Myanmar’s upper house

YANGON - U Aung Lin Dwe, a member of parliament from , was elected as the new Speaker of Myanmar's Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House)...

Thai top court takes up case seeking to invalidate election

BANGKOK - Thailand's accepted a petition on Wednesday by a 6-3 vote seeking to rule on whether February's general election should be declared...

Iran’s envoy denies new supreme leader being in Russia for treatment

MOSCOW - Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali on Tuesday denied the report that Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is receiving medical treatment in...

Aussie PM flags new measures to buffer against global economic uncertainty

CANBERRA - Australian Prime Minister on Wednesday flagged new measures to protect the country's people from the "worst" of the global economic uncertainty...

Trump says US ‘not ready’ to end conflict with Iran

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN/CAIRO/BAGHDAD - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Washington is "not ready" to end the conflict with Iran, which is now entering its...

UN: Mideast conflict feared to plunge tens of millions more into food insecurity

UNITED NATIONS - Amid UN appeals for diplomacy in the Middle East, UN humanitarians on Tuesday warned the number of people facing acute levels...

4 confirmed dead after fishing boat collides with cargo ship off northeastern Japan

TOKYO - Four people have been confirmed dead after a fishing boat capsized following a collision with a cargo ship off early on...

Afghan official: Pakistan airstrike hits hospital in Kabul, killing 400

KABUL/ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's air force carried out an airstrike late Monday night targeting a drug addiction treatment hospital in the Afghan capital of Kabul,...

Region urged to expel aggressors

US calls for help in keeping Strait of Hormuz accessible as strikes continueMore than two weeks after the US and Israeli strikes against Iran...

Asia braces for sweeping tariffs

Washington's aggressive trade probes condemned as unilateral and unfairAsian economies are bracing for sweeping Section 301 trade probes by the United States that could...

Iran denies seeking truce, says war must end without repeat attacks

TEHRAN/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/BAGHDAD/DUBAI - Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Monday that Tehran has neither sought a ceasefire nor negotiations with the United States, rejecting...

Trump rebukes allies for reluctance to join Strait of Hormuz escort

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/BERLIN/LISBON/ATHENS/BUCHAREST - US President Donald Trump on Monday complained that US allies are reluctant to answer his call to join a White House-proposed multinational...

Israel begins ground operations against Hezbollah strongholds in S. Lebanon

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT - Israeli forces launched ground operations on Monday against Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said, opening a new...

Restarted reactor at Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuke plant delays commercial operation

TOKYO - Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) told Japan's nuclear regulators on Monday that it will push back the planned commercial operation of...

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