The Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan said on Friday that another security incident recently occurred in the border area between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, resulting in casualties among Chinese nationals.

Multiple Japanese media outlets reported that when asked whether she had discussed the Taiwan question with US President Donald Trump during their recent call, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dodged the question. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that after a China–US phone call initiated by Washington on Monday evening, Trump soon phoned Takaichi and, days after she “outraged China,” advised her not to provoke Beijing over Taiwan's sovereignty.

Former Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra was sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison for taking bribes, according to local authorities.

Ukraine will not amend its Constitution as part of any potential peace deal, Interfax-Ukraine reported Wednesday, citing a member of the Ukrainian delegation involved in talks with the United States, other partners and Russia.

The Security Council and the General Assembly on Wednesday adopted twin resolutions on the 2025 review of the UN peacebuilding architecture.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that the peace plan negotiated by Ukraine and the United States in Geneva could be developed into "deeper agreements," as U.S. President Donald Trump is sending his special envoy to Moscow next week.

Two U.S. National Guard members were shot near the White House on Wednesday and a suspect is in custody, according to local authorities.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, was reported by media to have questioned Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a parliamentary debate on Wednesday: “Regarding the deterioration of Japan–China ties, what responsibility do you think you yourself should bear?” — as Takaichi's erroneous remarks on the Taiwan Straits in the Diet triggered widespread and strong criticism.

The first Spain-China Forum on Green Energy was held Monday in the Spanish capital Madrid, bringing together around 300 representatives from government departments, industry associations, and leading energy companies from both countries to discuss deepening cooperation on the green transition.

The United Nations formally started the selection and appointment process for the next UN secretary-general on Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has directed his special envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in hope of finalizing a peace deal on the Ukraine crisis.

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul declared a state of emergency in Songkhla province on Tuesday as severe flooding ravaged the southern region.

Ukraine has agreed to a peace deal with only "minor details" yet to resolved, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing a US official.

Ukraine has agreed to a peace deal with only "minor details" yet to resolved, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing a US official.

The US-proposed 28-point peace plan aimed at ending the Ukraine crisis has been trimmed to a 19-point framework drafted by the US and Ukraine over the weekend in Geneva. However the most politically sensitive elements remain for the two presidents to negotiate, multiple media outlets reported Monday.

Germany's first major winter storm of the season left at least four people dead and many others injured on Monday, as snow and icy roads caused widespread accidents and travel disruptions.

The U.S.-proposed 28-point peace plan aiming to end the Ukraine crisis has been trimmed to a 19-point framework drafted by the United States and Ukraine over the weekend in Geneva, multiple media outlets reported Monday.

Two people went into cardiac arrest in South Korea's car accident on Monday afternoon, according to Yonhap news agency.

At least three security personnel were killed and five others injured on Monday morning in an attack at the Federal Constabulary's headquarters in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial capital of Peshawar, police said.

U.S. and Ukrainian representatives said on Sunday that their talks in Geneva on the 28-point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict had "made progress," but details are unsettled as differences need to be narrowed down.

After further talks with the Ukrainian delegation, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday evening declined to reveal any details of the day's discussions in Geneva between the United States, Ukraine, and European partners on a 28-point peace plan.

An Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs killed senior Hezbollah commander Haytham Ali Al-Tabtabi on Sunday, the Israeli military and the Lebanese group said, a high-profile assassination that further strains a year-old ceasefire.

Israeli warplanes on Sunday struck a residential apartment in Haret Hreik, Beirut's southern suburbs, resulting in casualties, Lebanon's al-Manar TV channel reported.

Delegations from Ukraine and the United States will hold consultations in Switzerland in the coming days on the possible parameters of a future peace agreement with Russia, Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, said Saturday.

Civilian and military air traffic at Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands has been suspended due to drones, Dutch Minister of Defense Ruben Brekelmans said on social media platform X late Saturday.

The 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) on Saturday approved a document titled "Global Mutirao: Uniting humanity in a global mobilization against climate change" during its closing session.

World leaders at the 20th Group of 20 (G20) Summit reached broad consensus on disaster resilience, debt sustainability, just energy transitions and critical minerals as they adopted the G20 South Africa Summit's Leaders' Declaration on Saturday.

The 20th Group of 20 (G20) Summit opened Saturday, adopting a declaration calling for more equitable global governance.

During her visit to Malaysia in late October this year to attend the ASEAN Summit, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visited the Japanese Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur where Japanese soldiers in World War II were buried, and laid flowers at the Memorial Monument, which is to commemorate the Japanese soldiers. However, she made no mention of the atrocities committed by the Japanese military during its invasion of Malaysia, which sparked strong criticism in Malaysia, according to recent reports by media in Malaysia.

Zaw Min Tun, leader of the Information Team of Myanmar's National Defense and Security Council, responded to media questions on Friday regarding the recent erroneous remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Taiwan-related issues.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday set Nov. 27 as the deadline for accepting a 28-point peace plan proposed by his administration to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Russia is ready for a substantive discussion of the details of a new U.S.-proposed 28-point peace plan on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday.

Scientists at Tomsk State University (TSU) have developed composite materials capable of rapidly neutralising toxic chemical compounds in the air following industrial accidents and man-made disasters. The information was published on the official website of the university.

The Indian HAL Tejas crashed around 2:10 pm on Friday during a demonstration at the Dubai Air Show while performing a flight for the crowd. The Indian Air Force (IAF) confirmed the crash in a statement and said "the pilot sustained fatal injuries in the accident," the Associated Press News reported.

A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday once again slammed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Taiwan-related remarks, saying Japan has not yet acknowledged its mistakes 80 years after World War II.

The leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities on Thursday agreed to work toward reviving long-stalled reunification talks, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) said.

Israel expects Washington to preserve its access to more advanced U.S. weaponry, a spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office said on Thursday, commenting on US plans to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.

China's Consulate General in Düsseldorf said it has moved swiftly to assist Chinese exhibitors and press for accountability after a collective food poisoning incident occurred during the MEDICA 2025 – an international medical equipment exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany, urging local authorities to strengthen protections and calling for tighter self-regulation across the Chinese restaurant industry in North Rhine–Westphalia, according to a statement on Friday from the Consulate General.

The Chinese pavilion at the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), which is being held in the Brazilian city of Belem, was not affected by the fire that broke out at the conference on Thursday, the Chinese delegation confirmed.

A fire broke out on Thursday in a pavilion at the ongoing 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in the Brazilian city of Belem, prompting evacuations by the fire department, according to local authorities.

A fire broke out at an apartment building in South Korea's capital Seoul at about 5:33 a.m. local time on Friday, with fire authorities working to suppress the blaze, Yonhap News Agency said.

A passenger ferry carrying 267 people on Wednesday ran aground in waters off western South Korea, according to Yonhap news agency.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday night that he just signed a bill that requires the Department of Justice to release files related to late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Tuesday local time during the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin, Germany that Europe that must avoid becoming a tech "vassal" of the US and China, urging a "European preference," as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz echoed calls at the same event for the bloc to secure its digital future and reduce dependence on foreign tech powers, France 24, AFP and Reuters reported.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a House-passed bill that requires the Justice Department to release files related to late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for regional unity to fight terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel.

The UK intelligence services have reportedly issued a so-called “espionage alert”, claiming that Chinese intelligence personnel, disguised as “headhunters”, have approached UK parliamentarians and figures from various sectors in order to “collect information”. The Commons Speaker has also written to MPs about this. What is your comment?

Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan are extremely erroneous and dangerous, a Chinese envoy said Tuesday.

With just five days to go before the Group of 20 (G20) Leaders' Summit, South Africa is fully prepared to welcome world leaders to Johannesburg, South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola said Monday.

The European Commission's autumn 2025 economic forecast shows that driven by a surge in exports in anticipation of U.S. tariff increases, the European Union's (EU) economy maintained growth, and it is expected to continue expanding at a moderate pace over the forecast horizon.

The UN Security Council passed a US-drafted resolution Monday that aims to move beyond the fragile truce in Gaza to a more sustainable peace and the reconstruction of the devastated enclave. The 15-member council voted 13 to 0 in favor of the resolution, with abstentions by Russia and China, which declined to use their veto power to block the measure, according to media reports.

South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik has raised concerns about Japan's perception of history.

UN humanitarians said Monday that over the weekend, they started collecting supplies that had been offloaded at the newly reopened Zikim crossing in northern Gaza.

A Bangladeshi court has sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity during July uprising last year, Bangladeshi media reported Monday. The Daily Star wrote that Hasina in a statement said the verdict announced against her today was "biased and politically motivated".

The US chief of naval operations' recent remarks suggesting that South Korea's future nuclear-powered submarine "is a natural expectation" to be used to counter China have raised concerns, with experts warning that the claim reveals Washington's intention to draw Seoul deeper into its Indo-Pacific strategy — a move that could place South Korea in an increasingly dangerous position.

More than 70 schools in the Australian capital of Canberra were ordered to close on Monday due to growing concerns about possible asbestos contamination from decorative sand products.

Japan's economy contracted an annualized real 1.8 percent in the third quarter of 2025, marking the first contraction in six quarters, preliminary government data showed Monday.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was considering reviewing the country's long-standing Three Non-Nuclear Principles, which is certain to draw backlash, according to Kyodo News.

At least nine people were killed and 32 others injured after a pile of recovered explosives exploded at a police station in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Saturday.

South Korea President Lee Jae-myung said on Friday that the South Korean government will steadfastly continue dialogue with China to advance bilateral relations, while announcing a joint factsheet detailing the outcome of the South Korea-US trade negotiations, according to the Chosun Daily.

In the world of Chinese consumption, Italian food and wine have played and continue to play a leading role among foreign cuisines, with all the lights and shadows that characterize this position. Indeed, while Italian food, one of the most famous in the world with its equally varied wine pairings, arrived in this land relatively late, there was an undeniable surge in past decades, especially around the time of the Shanghai Expo in 2010.

Israel said on Wednesday it has reopened the Zikim crossing to allow humanitarian aid trucks into northern Gaza.

The BBC has issued an apology on Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump for a Panorama episode that stitched together separate parts of his Jan. 6, 2021 speech, but refused Trump's demand for financial compensation.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pursues historical revisionist policies, and Tokyo's extensive anti-Russian rhetoric contradicts its claimed intention to normalize relations with Russia, Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, told Russia's RIA Novosti on Thursday.

Two people were killed and 18 others were injured Thursday after a truck crashed into the sidewalk at a market in South Korea, according to Yonhap news agency.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday night passed a Senate-approved spending package, ending the congressional deadlock that led to the longest government shutdown in American history.

Kenyan jurist Phoebe Okowa was elected a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday to fill the seat vacated by Somalia's Abdulqawi Yusuf, who resigned effective Sept. 30.

A U.S. aircraft carrier's arrival in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, where recent American military strikes have killed dozens of civilians suspected to be drug dealers, raised criticism from various parties and risked further escalating regional tensions.

At least two people died and around 20 were injured when a fire broke out inside a pharmaceutical factory in India's western state of Gujarat on Wednesday, confirmed the local police.

Canada on Wednesday imposed a new round of sanctions against Russia, targeting individuals and entities linked to the energy sector, military capabilities and cyber infrastructure.

Russia released a list of bans targeting 30 Japanese nationals, including Foreign Ministry spokesperson Toshihiro Kitamura, from entering Russia in response to Tokyo's anti-Russian sanctions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday local time.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Monday rejected NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's recent comments that accused Iran and Russia of collaborating with each other to undermine international rules.

A Chinese woman who defrauded thousands of investors in China, converted the proceeds into cryptocurrency, and fled to Britain has been sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison by a London court.

At least 12 people were killed and 27 others injured on Tuesday afternoon in a suicide blast outside the district courts in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told lolcal media.

A suicide bomber killed 12 people in Pakistan's capital on Tuesday in a sharp escalation of militant violence that the defense minister said had pushed the country into a "state of war", Reuters reported.

US President Donald Trump appeared to “defend China,” as described by the Daily Mail, during a Monday night interview with Fox News, when the host raised Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent claims about Japan potentially interfering in Taiwan Straits and asked whether China was “not our friend.” Trump pushed back, saying, “A lot of our allies are not friends either.”

US President Donald Trump on Monday local time met with Syrian interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House. Although reporters and cameras were barred from the meeting in the Oval Office, the talks are seen as a sign marking a major shift in US-Syria relations.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said on Monday that Bulgaria could play a significant role in Lebanon's recovery and economic development.

Voting began on Monday in the first phase of Egypt's 2025 House of Representatives elections, which will last till Tuesday.

Cambodia and South Korea on Monday vowed to boost cooperation and fight against online scams, said a news release from the Cambodian side.

U.S. Senate passes bipartisan spending package in a bid to end longest gov't shutdown

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that those responsible for the Delhi car blast won't be spared and will be brought to justice. Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Bhutan, said that he monitored the situation all night after the blast, reported the Times of India. A car explosion killed at least 12 people as of press time near a metro station at the landmark Red Fort monument in Delhi, India, on Monday, according to media reports.

Eight people among those who were brought to a hospital after a blast in Delhi died on Monday evening, the hospital's medical superintendent confirmed.

The 30th United Nations climate change conference, commonly known as COP30, opened Monday in Belem, Brazil, with the aim of putting the fight against climate change back in the center of international priorities, according to local authorities.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday met with Syrian interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House, widely seen as a crucial step in normalizing U.S.-Syria relations. No reporters and cameras were allowed to get access to the meeting in the Oval Office.

The U.S. military launched two strikes targeting two boats allegedly transporting narcotics in international waters in the eastern Pacific on Sunday, killing all six aboard, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday.

As the US government has been shut down for 40 days as of Monday — the longest in the nation's history — signs of a potential breakthrough finally began to emerge, with moderate Democrats engaging in talks with Republicans to reopen the government.

U.S. Senate on Sunday night advanced a bipartisan spending package in a bid to end the longest government shutdown, which has entered its 40th day and caused a series of escalating disruptions.

BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resigned over criticism of US President Donald Trump documentary edit, BBC News reported on Sunday local time. The incident sparked heated discussions among Chinese netizens, with some commenting that malicious editing seems to be a “BBC tradition” — only this time, “they kicked an iron plate.”

As the U.S. federal government shutdown entered its 40th day on Sunday, more than 2,000 flights were canceled and over 8,000 delayed nationwide, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba recently commented on issues including the Japan-US relations after stepping down, saying he does not believe that blindly saying “yes” to the US will constitute a truly strong alliance, during a recent interview with Japanese media MBS News.

China has activated a Level-IV marine disaster emergency response in response to the impact of typhoon Fung-wong and a hazardous wave event is expected in the East China Sea and the South China Sea from Sunday through November 13, according to the Ministry of Natural Resource on Sunday.

Three people went missing and two others were rescued in cardiac arrest Sunday after a fishing boat capsized in waters off Gageo Island, about 420 km southwest of South Korea's capital Seoul, according to the South Korean coast guard.

The death toll from the cargo plane crash that occurred near Louisville International Airport on Tuesday has risen to 14, local media quoted official sources on Friday.

The record-long US government shutdown is affecting a growing number of industries, with the latest developments showing a sharp reduction in airline capacity. Media reports say the cuts stem from a surge in absenteeism among air-traffic and aviation-safety personnel, many of whom are working without pay during the shutdown.

Hurricane Melissa has claimed at least 75 lives and impacted nearly 5 million people in Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, one week after landfall in the Caribbean, a UN spokesperson said Friday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres supports the views of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk that the U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific violate international human rights law, a UN spokesperson said Friday.

The United States' absence from its fourth-cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday prompted the Council to suspend its session and adopt a decision urging Washington to resume cooperation.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the retirement of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a great thing for America, calling her "evil" and "overrated" when asked to comment on her retirement announcement, multiple US media outlets reported.

According to the Yonhap News Agency, a boiler tower collapsed at a thermal power plant in the southeastern city of Ulsan in South Korea on Thursday, trapping seven workers, with a rescue and search operation under way, authorities said. The Chinese Consulate General in Busan confirmed with the Global Times at 5 pm on Thursday that so far no casualties of Chinese nationals have been reported.