Asia and Pacific

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly told reporters that Canadian officials summoned the Russian ambassador to condemn the recent incident...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Ivan Provorov, a Russian player in the National Hockey League (NHL), sparked controversy on Tuesday night after declining to wear a...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Vice President of Vietnam Vo Thi Anh Xuan has been appointed interim president after the resignation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States may announce a new aid package for Ukraine, which will include new deliveries of weapons, by the weekend,...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Japanese coast guard patrol ship Echigo has run aground off Niigata Prefecture in the Sea of Japan, local media reported on...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States and Taiwan held a four-day negotiating round in Taipei to discuss trade facilitation and good regulatory practices, the...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A record 38% of Americans had to put off their medical treatment in 2022 because of cost, a Gallup poll showed...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Three NATO AWACS surveillance jets have arrived in Bucharest from Germany to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank and monitor military activity...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Turkey has been observing that Sweden and Finland did not meet the requirements to gain NATO membership by leaving export restrictions...

TOKYO (Sputnik) The Japanese government has decided to start developing cruise missiles with interchangeable warheads with a range of over 1,000 kilometers (620...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian special presidential envoy and Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Second Asian Department, Zamir Kabulov, discussed with representatives of the...

VIENNA (Sputnik) - The European Union should not "misfire" with a possible visa ban for Russians and should instead think about the consequences of...