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Nov 26, 2025

China lashes out at Times columnist over Taiwan

Washington Times columnist Miles Yu, one of the nation's leading China experts, incurred the wrath of the Chinese Communist Party recently, highlighting the global reach of his reports.

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Nov 26, 2025

Colombian sentenced, ordered to forfeit $1.2 million for laundering drug money

A Colombian man will spend five years in prison and forfeit $1.2 million for a scheme that saw Mexican drug proceeds funneled into U.S. bank accounts before being sent to Colombia.

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Nov 26, 2025

Junta hails end to US protected status for Myanmar nationals

Human rights monitors say it is not safe to return, citing reports of ‘serious crimes in the run-up to elections’Myanmar’s junta applauded the Trump administration on Wednesday for halting a scheme that protected its citizens from deportation from the US back to their war-racked homeland.About 4,000 Myanmar citizens are living in the US with temporary protected status (TPS), which shields foreign nationals from deportation to disaster zones and allows them the right to work. Continue reading...

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Nov 26, 2025

Shipbuilder says it's still in the game after Navy secretary cancels frigate program

The U.S. subsidiary of the Italian shipbuilding giant Fincantieri said it expects to receive new orders for warships even after Navy Secretary John Phelan on Tuesday canceled a plan to buy up to 20 Constellation-class guided-missile frigates at a combined cost of more than $22 billion.

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Nov 26, 2025

5 questions about Taiwan's defense budget surge

President Lai Ching-te has announced a $40 billion supplementary budget to purchase weapons and upgrade military capabilities.

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Nov 26, 2025

Protest group Palestine Action goes to court to challenge its ban by the UK government

Lawyers for a pro-Palestinian protest group that has been outlawed by the British government went to court Wednesday in a bid to overturn its classification as a terrorist organization.

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Nov 26, 2025

Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren

Several parents of the over 300 schoolchildren seized by armed men in the latest mass abduction in Nigeria tell The Associated Press the government has told them nothing about rescue efforts

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Nov 26, 2025

Gunshots heard near presidential palace in Guinea-Bissau days after national election

Gunfire has been heard near the presidential palace in Guinea-Bissau’s capital three days after the national election

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Nov 26, 2025

Australia will enforce social media ban for children under 16 despite court challenge

The Australian government says children under 16 will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a legal challenge

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Nov 26, 2025

Devastating fire destroys crowded slum, leaves thousands homeless in Bangladesh

A devastating fire in a crowded slum in Bangladesh’s capital has destroyed 1,500 shanties and left thousands homeless

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Nov 26, 2025

Families in Thailand perch on rooftops to escape flooding that has killed at least 33

Severe flooding in the south of Thailand has caused at least 33 deaths

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Nov 26, 2025

Lebanon and Cyprus finalize sea border agreement after an almost 20-year impasse

Lebanon and Cyprus have signed a long-delayed sea border agreement, ending an almost 20-year impasse