Japan is “seriously concerned” about Beijing’s increasingly muscular claims in the South China Sea, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Asian leaders Wednesday. Beijing insists it has sovereign rights to almost all of the strategically vital waters, where the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have claims. It also has ...
The UN Security Council met Tuesday to hammer out a response to North Korea’s recent missile tests after US President Barack Obama warned the reclusive state that it was deepening its international isolation. North Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday as world powers gathered for a ...
