TAIPEI, Taiwan — Weeks before Taiwan holds elections for its president and legislature, China renewed its threat to use military force to annex the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory. Defense Ministry spokesperson Col. Wu Qian on told reporters Thursday at a monthly briefing that China’s armed forces would “as always take … Read more
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s president said Saturday that he intends to veto a spending bill which includes money for public media and raises for teachers, dealing a blow to the new pro-European Union government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. President Andrzej Duda said he would veto the bill that includes 3 billion zlotys ($762 million) … Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have settled in as rulers of Afghanistan, two years after they seized energy as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from the nation following twenty years of warfare. The Taliban face no important opposition that would topple them. They’ve prevented inner divisions by falling in line behind their ideologically unbending chief. … Read more