. . MANILA – Philippine President Benigno Aquino has joked about China’s disputed maritime territorial claims and praised Beijing’s regional rival Japan for passing new legislation...
. . SEATTLE – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for the world’s two largest economies to read each others strategic intentions correctly and manage...
. . WASHINGTON – According to a United States Congress report Russian President Vladimir Putin views the Syrian army and its Iranian allies as incapable of...
. . DAVAO CITY – Two Canadians, including a former mining company executive, a Filipino woman and the Norwegian manager of an upscale marina and resort...
. . AUCKLAND – Hearings have begun for the extradition to the U.S. of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom began Monday in Auckland, New Zealand, with a...
. . PARIS – Police in France say three people are on the run in France after being sighted climbing Paris’s landmark Eiffel Tower early Sunday,...
. . TOKYO – China reacted with concern after Japan’s ruling coalition, led by nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushed a bill through the country’s upper...
. . WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has to go but the timing of his departure...
. . TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition was poised to enact contentious security laws late Friday in the Upper House after shrugging...
. . BEIJING – Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Friday China was “extremely concerned” about a suggestion from a top U.S. commander that...