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Argentina's President-elect is expected to withdraw Argentina from a planned expansion of the non-western economic alliance.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz unveiled the investment plan to give Germany access to new energy providers and combat China's regional soft power.

Javier Milei comfortably won Sunday's runoff presidential election. He inherits a country in the middle of its worst economic crisis of the 21st century.

Both leaders highlighted the need to avoid conflict between the two nations.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting key regional ally South Korea on Thursday for talks set to focus on security, as North Korea ramps up military cooperation with Russia.

A key oil pipeline extension project in Western Canada is three-quarters complete and far over budget -- and no one is willing to pick up the rest of the tab.

US President Joe Biden's wartime trip to Israel and Jordan faltered before it got off the ground Tuesday, after the Amman leg was canceled following a strike on a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds of people.

At the age of 35, Ecuador's president-elect Daniel Noboa is fulfilling the political dreams of his banana tycoon father, who failed five times to win the presidency.

So far, the two countries have only been exchanging words after the Philippine Coast Guard accused the Chinese maritime militia of installing the 300-meter "floating barrier."

Philippine senators appear to be getting fed up with China's "bullying" of the PCG and Filipino fishermen, but none of them want to go to war, demonstrating how high the stakes are should an armed conflict arise from escalating tensions at Scarborough Shoal.

Experts say Taiwan should understand the similarities between its situation and Ukraine, but also the differences, as the latter offer the most valuable operational lessons.

Late Tuesday, Trudeau said that the expulsion of the Indian intelligence chief and the revelations regarding Nijjar's death were not meant "to provoke or escalate." He urged the Indian government to "take this matter with the utmost seriousness."

Military forces from Southeast Asian nations have gathered in Indonesia to participate in the joint military drills that will continue until Thursday. It is the first time the 10-country bloc has conducted joint drills without the participation of non-member nations.

Tensions between Canada and India have been on the rise in recent months following the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia in June.

The Maldives stands at a geopolitical crossroads ahead of its presidential runoff vote with the frontrunner, a former construction minister, set on demolishing India's influence and building stronger ties with China.

China's BRI is a decade old, but beyond its ambitious promises of trans-national connectivity, the initiative is looked at with skepticism and is seen as a debt trap for developing countries.

Many observers hailed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bid to cement his country's position as the Global South's "voice" and a "bridge" to the West during the G20 summit as a success.

US President Joe Biden hailed closer ties with Vietnam on Sunday as the two countries struck a deal to deepen relations and cooperation on strategic supplies in the face of growing competition from China.

The G20 Summit in New Delhi is expected to become a venue for a power showdown between India and China, and with Xi Jinping's absence, Japan is expected to prop up its ally in becoming the "voice" of the Global South.

China has been asserting its territorial claims across virtually the entire South China Sea through its 9-dash line in the past years, and while it has faced resistance from other claimants, opposition to its new 10-dash line appears to be more serious.

At a time when relations between the U.S. and China have soured, Beijing passed a foreign state that "stipulates the rules for Chinese courts to handle civil cases involving a foreign State and its property."

More than two years after Myanmar's military junta overthrew the government, unity in the ASEAN bloc is being questioned – Myanmar remains barred from attending summits and Thailand seems to be ready to welcome the country back against an adamant majority.

Malaysia became the first ASEAN member to reject China's claims in its new map, followed by the Philippines. The tensions come as ASEAN countries prepare for its 43rd summit.

The head of Ethiopia's violence-stricken region of Amhara, which the federal government has placed under a state of emergency, has stepped down, according to an official statement reported Friday.

Hours after news of Prigozhin's presumed death broke, theories emerged about the Russian mercenary chief possibly "faking death," or even evading death, after a second private plane linked to him landed safely near Moscow around the same time as the one supposedly with Prigozhin on board crashed.

The leader of Russia's Wagner Group has reportedly died alongside nine other passengers and crew onboard a plane that crashed en route to St. Petersburg on Wednesday.

Beijing has issued another stark warning against foreign intervention in the South China Sea dispute after tensions escalated in recent weeks over a water cannon incident at the Second Thomas Shoal.

Tuesday marked the second year of the Taliban rule in Afghanistan. The militant group took charge of the country after the U.S. pulled out its troops in August 2021. China has not formally recognized the Taliban government but has expressed willingness to cooperate with the militant regime.

More than half of Filipinos want the government to use military action in response to China's increasing aggression in the West Philippine Sea, a new survey revealed. Tensions have been high in recent days following the Chinese Coast Guard's firing of a water cannon on Philippine vessels.