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Pakistan steps up diplomatic bid to get US-Iran peace talks on track
By Jana Choukeir and Humeyra Pamuk DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan stepped up diplomatic efforts on Thursday to hasten U.S. and Iran peace talks, as Tehran said it was reviewing Washingt...
May 20, 2026
South Korea, US held talks on revising management of fortified North Korea border
SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - South Korea and the U.S. discussed potential changes in how parts of the heavily fortified border with North Korea are managed at recent defence talks in Washington, Seoul's ...
May 20, 2026
Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha's condition worsens after multiple infections, royal palace says
BANGKOK, May 21 (Reuters) - The medical condition of Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha has worsened as a result of multiple infections in several organs, with physicians unable to contain her irregular hea...
May 20, 2026
South Korea says nationals held by Israel released after Gaza aid vessel seizure
SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Thursday that some of its nationals who had been in held in Israeli custody had been released. Seoul, which had earlier expresse...
May 20, 2026
Mexico arrests municipal president, five others in corruption probe
MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) - Mexican authorities arrested the municipal president of Atlatlahucan and five other political figures in an investigation into corruption and organized crime in central...
May 20, 2026
Trump administration pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop General Assembly vice presidency bid
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador...
May 20, 2026
Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region kill 8, military says
JAKARTA, May 21 (Reuters) - Indonesia's military said on Thursday that armed separatists in the country's easternmost province of Highland Papua killed eight civilians in the region of Yahukimo. Detai...
May 20, 2026
Taiwan says President Lai would be happy to talk to Trump
By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI, May 21 (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Thursday President Lai Ching-te would be happy to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump, in what would be an unprecedented con...
May 20, 2026
China's Xi may visit North Korea as early as next week, Yonhap reports
SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit North Korea as early as next week and will try to act as a mediator between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald T...
May 20, 2026
Pentagon official's Beijing visit in doubt over $14 billion US arms package for Taiwan, FT reports
May 21 (Reuters) - Beijing is holding up a proposed visit by the Pentagon's under-secretary of defence for policy, Elbridge Colby, as China pressures U.S. President Donald Trump over a $14 billion wea...
May 20, 2026
