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US forces in Afghanistan attack anti-China militants

U.S. forces in Afghanistan have attacked networks of anti-China militants in action likely to please Beijing which had called for Western cooperation in its fight against the group it says wants to split off its Xinjiang region. The strikes in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province...

Russia sold $15 billion worth of weapons in 2017

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia sold around $15 billion worth of weapons in 2017, maintaining a similar level of sales to the previous year, the country's agency responsible for military exports Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday. "In 2017 Rosoboronexport signed contracts worth approximately...

2 killed, more than 100 others injured in Taiwan quake

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Taiwan on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring more than 100 others, according to Taiwan’s official Central News Agency (CNA).  According to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the quake’s epicenter was 22 kilometers (13 miles) northeast...

Time has come to make a Brexit choice: EU tells Britain

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told Britain Monday that the time had come for Britain to make a choice on what sort of relationship it wanted with the bloc after Brexit. Britain has ruled out staying in any customs union with the EU after Brexit, but...