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TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang, elected a firebrand new leader on Saturday who opposes increased defense spending but pledged to ensure peace with giant neighbor China.

YAREN (Pacific Media Network/Pacnews) — Just a few months after explaining his government’s decision to rekindle diplomatic ties with China, Nauru President David Adeang has been re-elected unopposed in the country’s recent election. Nauru’s parliament met on Tuesday to discuss th…

DHAKA (Reuters) — A fire on Tuesday at a garment factory in Bangladesh and an adjacent chemical warehouse killed at least 16 people and injured others, and the death toll could rise, an official said.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) — The United States said on Monday it stood by its Philippine ally and emphasized their mutual defense treaty after vessels from China and the Philippines clashed amid heightened tensions in the disputed South China Sea.

MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) — The Philippines and China accused each other on Sunday of responsibility for a maritime confrontation near disputed islands in the South China Sea, further escalating tensions in the resource-rich waterway.

MAJURO — The attorney general of the Marshall Islands is asking the country’s High Court to invalidate an 18-year-old law that he and Nitijela (parliament) members say threatens to undermine the nation’s ability to attract hundreds of millions of dollars for climate adaptation.

OSLO (Reuters) — Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting dictatorship in the country and dedicated the award in part to President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly insisted he deserved it.

BOGOTA (Reuters) — Mariluz Palma, the head of Maria Corina Machado’s Vente Venezuela political movement in Colombia, does not sleep much these days. She says she was up before dawn on Friday, browsing social media, when she saw the news that Machado had won the Nobel Peace Prize.

WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) — Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to the first phase of President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, a ceasefire and hostage deal that could open the way to ending a bloody two-year-old war that has upended the Middle East. Just a day after the second anniversary of…

BHANGURA, Bangladesh (Reuters) — In flood-prone regions of Bangladesh, solar-powered “floating schools” ensure children do not miss class when rising waters cut off roads and villages. One of them is 10-year-old Safikul Islam. Each morning, he waits on the edge of his flooded village in Bhangura, w…