G20 chair Indonesia to push for peace with Ukraine, Russia visits

JAKARTA — Indonesian President and G20 chairman Joko Widodo will visit counterparts in Ukraine and Russia next week and press for a

US Senate advances first significant gun legislation in decades

Photo by Marc Nozell/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 WASHINGTON — The US Senate took an initial step towards passing the country’s first major gun-control legislation

South Korea reports first confirmed monkeypox case, steps up monitoring

SEOUL – South Korea on Wednesday confirmed its first case of monkeypox virus and pledged to strengthen monitoring and response systems as it raised the alert level to

Inside the hangar at the center of the $1-billion Airbus-Qatar jet dispute

DOHA — Two high-tech Airbus A350 jets sit idle with their windows taped and engines covered in a floodlit hangar in the

Biden expected to call on Wednesday for suspending the federal gas tax, source says

WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden is expected on Wednesday to call for temporarily suspending the 18.4-cents a gallon federal tax on gasoline, a source briefed on the plan told Reuters on Tuesday. Mr. Biden said Monday he was considering whether

Taiwan scrambles jets to warn away Chinese planes in its air defense zone

TAIPEI — Taiwan scrambled jets on Tuesday to warn away 29 Chinese aircraft in its air defense zone, including bombers that flew