Tag: Asia

From left, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman raise their hands before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. Pompeo and Mattis are holding long-delayed talks Thursday with top Indian officials, looking to shore up the alliance with one of Washington's top regional allies.

Trump administration: India can help US counter China

Joel Gehrke · September 12, 2018 8:48 pm

The House voted Wednesday to ban the use of dogs and cats as a source of food for humans.

Eating cats and dogs is bad, says Congress

Pete Kasperowicz · September 10, 2018 4:33 pm

Emissions rise from the Valero Energy Corp. St. Charles Refinery at night in Norco, Louisiana, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. U.S. refiners exported staggering amounts of diesel and gasoline last year, hitting records in both categories while continuing to eye more opportunities to expand.

Energy and Environment

US oil exports hit new records

John Siciliano · September 7, 2018 10:29 pm

Nikki Haley: Reuters convictions ‘another terrible stain on the Burmese government’

Joel Gehrke · September 3, 2018 9:11 pm

China’s authoritarian treatment of its Uygur Muslims portends its terrifying imperial plans

Washington Examiner · August 25, 2018 4:00 am

Crazy Rich Asians: Singapore Sparkle

John Podhoretz · August 24, 2018 9:05 am

Taiwan Loses Another Ally

Ethan Epstein · August 22, 2018 9:02 am

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Culture Affairs Marie Royce during the dedication ceremony of the American Institute in Taiwan's new office complex in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 12, 2018.

China accuses US of helping ‘Taiwan separatist forces’

Joel Gehrke · August 20, 2018 10:04 pm

"M" sits in her shelter, as she carries her crying baby boy who had awoken from his sleep, in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh.

Beltway Confidential

US right to sanction Myanmar’s military but should have done so sooner

Erin Dunne · August 18, 2018 1:23 pm

Heather Nauert.

State Department hammers press, says leaks ‘endanger people’s lives’

Pete Kasperowicz · August 15, 2018 8:11 pm

In this May 26, 2018 photo provided on May 27, 2018, by South Korea Presidential Blue House via Yonhap News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, shake hands before their meeting at the northern side of Panmunjom in North Korea. Kim and Moon met Saturday, May 26, for the second time in a month, exchanging a huge bear hug and broad smiles in a surprise summit at a border village to discuss Kim's potential meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and ways to follow through on the peace initiatives of the rivals' earlier summit.

Beltway Confidential

Now is the wrong time for a North Korea-South Korea summit

Tom Rogan · August 14, 2018 3:00 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping is challenging other countries, like the U.S., to pursue a green recovery in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Pentagon vows to ‘confront and compete’ with China

Joel Gehrke · August 7, 2018 7:38 pm