Washington has vowed to impose fresh visa restrictions on multiple Hong Kong officials responsible for implementation of the national security law in response to the “harsh sentences” a court handed to 45 opposition activists convicted for subversion. The retaliation from the United States on Tuesday came after the 45 were jailed for four to 10…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says a U.S.-Israel panel to look into reports of civilian harm from the war in Gaza will meet for the first time in early December, missing by more than a month a U.S. call for the channel to be set up by the end of October. State Department spokesman…
On Sunday Beijing published a set of geographic coordinates for 16 base points around the feature, which it calls Huangyan island, the first time it has done so for parts of the sea claimed by Manila. “Huangyan Dao [island] has always been China’s territory,” the Chinese foreign ministry said. “This is a natural step by…