Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - Bonin Islands, Japan region
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - Izu Islands, Japan region
A Sr. State Department official tells reporters that Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang did not attend ASEAN in Indonesia due to an unspecified "health issue"; SecState Blinken met instead with Wang Yi
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - Izu Islands, Japan region
German strategy: China's decision to expand its relations with Russia has immediate security implications for Germany
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 135 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 132 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia
11 month agoOn July 13, on the sidelines of the ASEAN ministerial events in Jakarta, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with External Affairs Minister of India Dr S.Jaishankar. During the conversation, a number of topical issues of bilateral relations and cooperation in various areas was touched upon. They exchanged views on key problems on the regional and international agendas, including interaction within the SCO and BRICS. - Russian Foreign Ministry Statement
11 month agoNorth Korea says it tested its Hwasong-18 solid-fuel ICBM again Wednesday, days after Pyongyang threatened to down any US spy planes that enter its airspace
Russian Foreign Minister: The goal of the Indo-Pacific strategy is to act against Russia and China
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 77 km E of Noda, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - south of Sumbawa, Indonesia
11 month agoPresidential Envoy John Kerry heads to Beijing July 16-19 for meetings with Chinese officials about the climate crisis; he’ll be the third Biden cabinet member to visit in recent weeks. CIA Director Burns was the 1st US official to visit before Blinken & Yellen
Kremlin says Western security guarantees for Ukraine are "dangerous" for Russia, adds that a Putin visit in China is on the agenda
Chinese Embassy in London: Britain suppresses Chinese companies and we strongly oppose its discriminatory measures
11 month agoThe Constitutional Court has accepted a petition to rule whether Move Forward Party & leader Pita Limjaroenrat are attempting to overthrow the democratic system with HM the King as the Head of State by pledging to amend the lese majeste law. Thailand พิธา ม112
Germany MFA: We strongly condemn North Korea‘s illegal ballistic missile launch on 12 July. This constitutes another blatant violation of international law and threatens international peace and security. We call on DPRK to fully comply with its obligations under Security Council resolutions
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 102 km SSW of Tambolaka, Indonesia
NATO summit statement: China seeks to control vital industrial and technological sectors
Thailand @MFAThai confirms caretaker foreign minister @fmdonpram met Myanmar's AungSanSuuKyi for a private 1 hour meeting, when he unilaterally went to NayPyiTaw recently. He said she's in good health & briefed @ASEAN on this
11 month agoMeeting with Japanese Prime Minister @kishida230 at the NATOSummit, @NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg condemned North Korea’s latest missile test, saying this violates international norms and multiple UN Security Council resolutions
NATO SG @jensstoltenberg welcomed Japanese PM Fumio Kishida @kishida230 to the NATOSummit, saying that no partner is closer than Japan. The leaders welcomed the agreement of a new partnership programme.
Russian Foreign Ministry: Relations between Moscow and Beijing have gone beyond the model of the military-political alliance in the Cold War
Stoltenberg: Good meetings with NATO's close partners Australia, Japan, New Zealand & South Korea. Security is not regional, it is global — so we are determined to continue deepening our cooperation
FSB detained HTS supporters in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Chinese hackers breach government email accounts through Microsoft cloud. USG discovered the security gap last month, officials say
North Korea test-fired a suspected ballistic missile after warning the US for flying spy planes
The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday cracked down once again on terrorist outfits operating in Jammu and Kashmir by conducting raids at five locations in the three districts of Anantnag, Shopian and Pulwama in the Kashmir valley, and seized several digital devices containing massive incriminating data
11 month agoCaretaker PM Gen Prayut announces Tues he's ending his "political career" and resigning from the United Thai Nation Party. "Throughout the 9 yrs as PM I have done my best," said Prayut who first became PM after he staged the 2014 coup
Indonesia seizes Iranian-flagged tanker suspected of illegal oil transshipment
