Hegseth Seeks to Reassure Allies on First Official Trip to Asia
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth used his first trip to Asia to try to reassure allies that the United States was committed ...
7.7-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Myanmar With Shaking Felt in Bangkok
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, damaging buildings the...
In Japan, an Iceless Lake and an Absent God Sound an Ancient Warning
For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have marked the depth of winter by celeb...
South Korea Wildfires Raze Ancient Temples, Force Evacuations
South Korea’s largest wildfires on record blazed through the country’s southeast for a seventh day, with firefighters, soldie...
Rattled by Trump, America’s Allies Shift to Economic Defense Mode
President Trump’s unexpected plan to impose a 25 percent tariff on cars and car parts being imported into the United States w...
As Musk Makes Some Headway in India, He Is Also Suing Its Government
In recent weeks, Elon Musk has finally seemed to make some inroads in India, a potentially huge market whose government has f...
China Is Courting, and Confronting, U.S. Allies Made Uneasy by Trump
When China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, met with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Tokyo last weekend, he said China ...
South Korea, World’s Largest ‘Baby Exporter,’ Admits to Adoption Fraud
South Korea on Wednesday admitted for the first time that in its rush to send children to American and European homes decades...
South Korea Fires Kill At Least 18 People
South Korean fire crews battled what the acting president said on Wednesday were some of the worst wildfires ever in the cou...
Why These Islanders Hunt Dolphins
The call of a conch shell roused the dolphin hunters from their beds. Under moonlight, the six men shuffled to the village ch...