Taiwan’s military held its largest maritime drills in five years as tensions with China have risen since President Tsai Ing-wen assumed office.

Switzerland is emerging as the No. 1 donor of humanitarian assistance to North Korea as concerns grow over the deteriorating food situation in the isolated country.

A Russian legislator has been stripped of his seat in the country’s upper house of parliament Wednesday, four months after he was arrested on murder charges.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will send representatives to an economic workshop in Bahrain next month meant to be the first phase of President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians.

At least six people were dead and 200 were injured as protests by supporters of a failed presidential candidate turned violent Wednesday in the Indonesian capital, authorities said.

The U.S. State Department warned the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria that its military operations were being closely watched, specifically concerning allegations that it used chemical weapons against rebels.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will reveal her “new deal” on Brexit in a speech Tuesday, a last-ditch effort to leave the European Union before she steps down.

Officials closed the Eiffel Tower to visitors Monday afternoon after a man tried to climb the Paris landmark.

More than 300,000 people have died from HIV and AIDS in Russia over the last three decades, the nation’s national consumer watchdog said Monday.

North Korea Workers’ Party officials are to meet with their Russian counterparts in Moscow later this month, according to Russian media.