Former House Speaker Win Myint was elected Myanmar president on Wednesday following the resignation of Htin Kyaw. Win Myint, 66, had stepped down the powerful speaker position at the Lower House to become vice president soon after Htin Kyaw -- the first civilian president in more than...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula during his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to China's state news agency. Xinhua on Wednesday quoted Kim saying that the issue could be resolved if South Korea and the...

 A train believed to be carrying a senior North Korean delegation, which some reports said included the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, left the Chinese capital Tuesday following a dramatic whirlwind visit. The conservative South Korea Chosun Ilbo newspaper, citing an unidentified...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Tuesday that the alliance had expelled seven Russian staffers at Russia’s Mission to the NATO in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in the United Kingdom. “I have withdrawn...