Xi Jinping held rare talks with a Taiwanese opposition leader, Cheng Li-wun, who floated the idea of some day inviting Mr. Xi to visit Taiwan.

U.K. Defense Minister John Healey has revealed a major military operation involving the Royal Navy and Norway to deter Russian submarines in the North Sea.

Ukrainian officials urged Russia on Friday to extend a ceasefire it announced for Orthodox Easter this weekend and ‌restart talks to end the war, but people on the streets of Kyiv and Moscow doubted it would lead to lasting peace.

Donald Trump’s second big shock to the world economy since he returned to the White House looks increasingly likely to force central banks into a new round of tightening.

More than 300 people in Lebanon have been killed in recent Israeli strikes, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, describing the operations as part

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in the UAE during a visit to allied countries in the Middle East. President Trump promised to cut electricity bills, but prices have risen instead. Many in West Virginia now face utility costs surpassing rents and mortgages.

Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO, described a recent meeting he had with President Donald Trump, saying that Trump had expressed frustration with NATO allies for not helping enough with the w