LONDON — In a semi-secret courtroom in an overheated basement, a three-judge tribunal this week heard testimony about an alleged Russian spy who may have burrowed deep into Britain’s top intelligence agencies, gaining access to secret documents and meeting with prime ministers and British royalty when they traveled…...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Governments across East Asia — from China and Taiwan to Japan and South Korea — have been trying to convince women to have more babies. It’s getting existential: China is fast running out of the workers needed to power its manufacturing-focused economy and is forecast to lose as…...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — As the country’s first president not to come from the political or military elite, Joko Widodo was a testament, said diplomats and political pundits, to the rising strength of democracy in the world’s fourth-most-populous country. Over two terms in office, Widodo’s focus on…...

Tension was building in Pakistan as authorities struggled to explain a delay in announcing the result of the national election, leading to accusations that the authorities were suppressing a tide of votes in favor of jailed opposition leader Imran Khan. Thursday’s election pitched Khan’s passionate support against the…...

President Vladimir Putin said Russia hasn’t achieved its objectives in Ukraine yet, adding that he would consider negotiations if the US stops supplying weapons to Kyiv. “We haven’t yet achieved our goals,” Putin said in the interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in Moscow. It’s…...

🇺🇦 KYIV — Ukraine’s top commander, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, appeared to be officially removed Thursday night — the latest twist in a drawn-out saga between him and President Volodymyr Zelensky, who told the military chief 10 days ago that he was being dismissed. Read more: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…...