Category: 2. World

China and Japan have been locked in an escalating war of words this week, set off by Takaichi’s suggestion that Japan could respond with its own self-defence force if China attacked Taiwan, according to the BBC.

Both countries’ foreign…

An airport in the Japanese city of Hanamaki temporarily suspended flights on Wednesday after a bear wandered onto its grounds.

The animal was spotted on the tarmac at 13:00 local time, halting flights for more than an hour.

Human encounters with…

Iran and Tajikistan will be enhancing aviation partnership through a newly signed cooperation agreement with the aim of strengthening technical, operational, and training collaboration across the industry.

During a visit to the Republic of…

The Chinese and the Russians –two veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council– have called for the “Board of Peace” under US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan to be removed from the resolution entirely, according to four UN…

A mud volcano erupted in Taiwan on Wednesday spewing water with sediments and gas.

Video shows locals enjoying the spectacle by throwing flaming rags into the volcano, which sets alight the methane gas emitted during the eruption.

The Wandan mud…

A man who jumped over a barricade and grabbed actress Ariana Grande at a Wicked: For Good premiere in Singapore has been charged with being a public nuisance.

A now viral video shows the Australian man, Johnson Wen, pushing past photographers and…

Three people have died and at least 26 others injured in a wave of Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say.

Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko described strikes, which caused explosions and fires in residential buildings across the…

Israeli settlers set fire to the Hajja Hamida Mosque in the Palestinian village of Deir Istiya, near Salfit in the north of the West Bank, around dawn on Thursday, local residents told Al Jazeera.

Photographs taken at the scene showed racist,…