A cleanup was underway after an oil spill caused by a dredger boat hitting a stationary cargo tanker blackened part of Singapore’s southern coastline

SEOUL –South Korea and China will hold their first round of diplomatic and security dialogue on Tuesday, Seoul’s foreign ministry said on Monday, in line with an agreement the two nations made last month.

SINGAPORE – The world is way off track on most of the sustainable development targets agreed in 2015, such as tackling poverty and hunger, says a United Nations report which cites funding shortfalls, geopolitical tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair says his country looks on track to meet NATO’s military spending guideline by 2030

BRUSSELS – The next European Commission must do more to help European industry catch up in the green tech race with China and the U.S., said Spain’s climate and energy minister Teresa Ribera, a front-runner to be the EU’s next head of green policies.

BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy – U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement on Thursday aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s defense against Russian invaders and getting Ukraine closer to NATO membership.

BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy – The United States, France and Israel have agreed to work together to step up efforts to push forward a roadmap presented by Paris earlier this year to defuse tensions between Hezbollah and Israel, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.

A top official with South Africa’s African National Congress party says it has a broad agreement with the main opposition and other parties to form a coalition government

U.S. President Joe Biden says the agreement to tap into the windfall profits on frozen Russian assets held in Europe would put that money to work for Ukraine

Australia’s top trade official is predicting China will lift a ban on Australian lobster imports after Chinese Premier Li Qiang visits the country