In a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to continue forward with the annual State of the Union address, and said he looked forward to Pelosi's presence. The president said that it would be "very sad" if the address was not given on...

Chinese vice president on Wednesday said the international order was under “serious” threat and called on the global community to collaborate to cope with challenges in 2019. Wang Qishan was speaking at a special session alongside the World Economic Forum’s founder Klaus Schwab in...

The European Union and Japan on Wednesday launched the "world's largest areas of safe data flows" after finalising common rules to protect personal information, the EU said. Firms can transfer data now that the executive European Commission finds that Japanese law offers "a comparable level...

An Israeli court has seized a Jerusalem property partly owned by late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, holding it as collateral against a civil suit for damages against the Palestinian Authority. A copy of the ruling by the Jerusalem district court made available to AFP on Wednesday named...