China isn’t about to invade Taiwan. But the two sides are on a dangerous path
By Ben Westcott and Eric Cheung, CNN Taiwan’s Defense Minister, former general Chiu Kuo-cheng, stood in front of the island’s legislature…
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China’s historic crewed mission arrives at new space station
By Jessie Yeung and Steven Jiang, CNN China’s three-person crew arrived at its new space station Saturday morning — a major step for the…
Continue ReadingMore than 30 killed as suicide attack rocks mosque in Afghanistan’s Kandahar
By Ehsan Popalzai and Mostafa Salem, CNN A suicide attack at the largest Shia mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar killed 32 people and…
Continue ReadingMan sentenced to death in China for setting his ex-wife on fire during a livestream
By Jessie Yeung, CNN A Chinese man who set his ex-wife on fire as she livestreamed to her online followers was sentenced to death on Thursday,…
Continue ReadingChina denies testing a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile, says it was a spacecraft
CNN By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Hannah Ritchie China has denied a report that it tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, saying…
Continue ReadingChina-Taiwan tensions are raising fears of a conflict. In Taipei, however, people don’t seem worried
By Eric Cheung, Will Ripley and Ben Westcott, CNN China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan in recent weeks, flying dozens of warplanes near the…
Continue ReadingPakistani airline suspends Afghanistan flights due to Taliban ‘heavy-handedness’
By Sophia Saifi, CNN Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) announced Thursday that it was suspending flights to Afghanistan due to what it described…
Continue ReadingAt least 46 people killed after fire tears through 13-story residential building in Taiwan
CNN By Eric Cheung, CNN At least 46 people died and dozens were injured after a major fire broke out in a building in southern Taiwan on Thursday,…
Continue ReadingAt least 46 people killed after fire tears through 13-story residential building in Taiwan
By Eric Cheung, CNN At least 46 people died and dozens were injured after a major fire broke out in a building in southern Taiwan on Thursday,…
Continue ReadingChild suicides in Japan are at a record high
By Emiko Jozuka, CNN Suicides among Japanese schoolchildren hit a record high during the last school year, according to an education ministry report…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Prime Minister dissolves Parliament ahead of October 31 general election
By Emiko Jozuka, CNN Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dissolved Parliament’s lower house on Thursday, setting the stage for a general…
Continue ReadingDespite soothing words, the Taliban are much as they were
By Nic Robertson and Tim Lister, CNN The Taliban are the most unlikely of populists: brutal, myopic, the epitome of intolerance. During five years in…
Continue ReadingWith all eyes on Taiwan, tensions are building on another Chinese frontier: India
By Brad Lendon, CNN China’s increased military activity in the Taiwan Strait may have grabbed all the headlines in recent weeks, but thousands…
Continue ReadingChina to test thousands of Wuhan blood samples in Covid-19 probe
Exclusive by Nick Paton Walsh, International Security Editor China is preparing to test tens of thousands of blood bank samples from the city of…
Continue ReadingChina to test thousands of Wuhan blood samples in Covid-19 probe
CNN Exclusive by Nick Paton Walsh, International Security Editor China is preparing to test tens of thousands of blood bank samples from the city of…
Continue ReadingSurrounded by missiles, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un blames US for regional instability
By Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea’s weapons are needed to defend the country against a “hostile” United States, said…
Continue ReadingAt least 15 dead after heavy rainfall and flooding in northern China
By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN At least 15 people were killed after heavy rain and flooding battered China’s northern province of Shanxi,…
Continue ReadingTaliban’s religious police instructed to be more moderate, but vulnerable Afghans say brutal justice is still being meted out
By Brent Swails and Clarissa Ward, CNN The blood-stained bodies of the four accused kidnappers were hung off construction cranes with heavy chains,…
Continue ReadingPakistani airline suspends Afghanistan flights due to Taliban ‘heavy-handedness’
CNN By Sophia Saifi, CNN Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) announced Thursday that it was suspending flights to Afghanistan due to what it…
Continue ReadingFather of Pakistan’s nuclear program Abdul Qadeer Khan dies at 85
CNN By Sophia Saifi, CNN Abdul Qadeer Khan, the man known as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, has died in the Pakistani…
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