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President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping warned President Biden that the Taiwan issue is the most dangerous threat to peace.Biden hosted Xi for a summit in San Francisco on Wednesday, when the two world leaders had a conversation about the greatest issues facing their nations — and…
A 53-year-old man reportedly has been arrested in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday after driving his vehicle into a barrier outside the Israeli embassy there. The crash – which police say was caused by a suspect belonging to a right-wing organization – left a police officer in his 20s with non-life-threatening injuries,…
At least 37 people are dead and 18 others are injured after a bus slid off a highway and plunged into a gorge in northern India on Wednesday.The bus was traveling in the mountainous Dodo district of the Jammu division when it veered off the road and fell at least…
USS Thomas Hudner, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, shot down a drone from Yemen in the Red Sea on Wednesday, two U.S. defense officials confirmed to Fox News.A defense official said the drone was shot down in self-defense. “The drone was heading towards the Hudner,” the official said. The drone attack is…
The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written a letter Wednesday to first lady Jill Biden, urging her to call for the “immediate release” of child hostages who are “suffering” in the captivity of Hamas terrorists. Sara Netanyahu opened her plea by saying that “I’m writing to you not…
U.S. forces in Syria and Iraq have been attacked 57 times since mid-October, a defense official told Fox News on Wednesday.The official told Fox News that three of those attacks have taken place on Wednesday, when rockets were fired toward Mission Support Site Green Village in eastern Syria. According to…
Ethnic rebels fighting Burma’s military junta claimed Wednesday that an entire army battalion surrendered to their fighters.The Three Brotherhood Alliance, comprised of three different ethnic groups, has made significant progress against Naypyidaw in recent weeks, with 127 soldiers from the infantry battalion folding to rebel forces Sunday in Shan state.Burma…
Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund reached a much-awaited preliminary agreement Wednesday for the release of $700 million from a $3 billion bailout fund approved by the international lender in July.The standby credit fund is meant to save cash-strapped Pakistan from default.The two sides reached the staff-level agreement during talks…
Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons voted against an amendment demanding its government call for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.The amendment was added to the government’s legislative agenda for 2024 on Wednesday, but wasn’t passed by Members of Parliament.According to Reuters, the Scottish National Party…
Authorities in Madagascar imposed a night-time curfew in the capital after some polling stations were set on fire ahead of Thursday’s presidential elections that most opposition candidates are boycotting.President Andry Rajoelina has pushed for a vote seeking reelection to a second term as the island nation has been roiled by…