A Da Wu-class rescue-and-salvage ship sails as the Taiwan military demonstrates combat readiness as part of an annual exercise in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, January 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang January ...

In another escalation in the contentious Indo-Lanka fisheries conflict, India has lodged a "strong protest" after a Sri Lanka Navy patrol opened fire on Indian fishermen, leaving two with “serious ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong at Quad foreign ministers' meeting ...

Marco Rubio, the new US Secretary of State on Tuesday (Jan 21), a day after US President Donald Trump's inauguration, in a veiled but stark warning aimed at China warned against coercive actions in ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio kicked off the Trump administration's diplomatic efforts with a meeting of the Indo-Pacific "Quad" group, a collection of countries gathered together in order to ...

BANGKOK: Thai authorities denied on Wednesday (Jan 22) there was an immediate plan to send back to China 48 Uyghurs held in the country's detention centres, after UN experts warned the group ...

China is committed to continuing its participation in the WHO and the Paris climate accord, expressing concern over US President Trump’s orders to withdraw from both. Beijing emphasizes the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The material resembles medieval chainmail at the molecular level and could be used in body armor. Chemists have invented a new material that could be the future of body armor — chainmail.

China’s manufacturing boom has fueled decades of export-oriented economic growth, undercutting foreign competitors and contributing to a growing appetite for tariffs in the United States and Europe.

HONG KONG -- Chinese and U.S. overseas investment is diverging further, increasing the likelihood that the global economy will divide into "two blocs" centered on the rival superpowers, economists ...