People cross a street in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Marc Fernandes | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares in the Asia-Pacific traded higher on Wednesday after U.S. stocks rallied for a second day. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surged 5.47% on
A South Korean Air Force F-15K fighter jet takes part in a joint bombing drill with U.S. in this handout picture provided by the Defense Ministry, South Korea, October 4, 2022. South Korean Defense Ministry/Yonhap via REUTERS South Korean and
This photo provided by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during a parliament in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sept. 8, 2022. SeoulCNN — North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday
Lawmakers in the Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, on Monday voted unanimously in favour of legislation to annex four regions of Ukraine, rubber-stamping a takeover following discredited referendums. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog to see how the day’s events unfold.
BEIRUT (AP) — When the bulk cargo ship Laodicea docked in Lebanon last summer, Ukrainian diplomats said the vessel was carrying grain stolen by Russia and urged Lebanese officials to impound the ship. Moscow called the allegation “false and baseless,”
Police officers and soldiers stand amid tear gas smoke after clashes between fans during a soccer match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Panic following police actions left over 100 dead, mostly trampled to
Smoke, which appeared to be tear gas, was seen in videos from inside the stadium. At least 127 people are dead and hundreds more injured, police say, after chaos and violence erupted late on Saturday following an Indonesian league soccer match between
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Friday sanctioned more than 1,000 people and firms connected to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including its Central Bank governor and families of Security Council members, after President Vladimir Putin signed treaties absorbing occupied regions of Ukraine
“There are four new regions of Russia,” Putin said in a televised ceremony from the Kremlin in Moscow, according to a translation. The territory being seized consists of two pro-Russian “republics” in Luhansk and Donetsk in the east, and in
Finland says it will ban Russian citizens travelling with tourist visas from entering the Nordic country, effective from Friday. “The decision in principle aims to completely prevent Russian tourism to Finland and the related transit through Finland,” Foreign Minister Pekka