On rare China visit, Taiwan’s opposition leader calls for reconciliation
KMT chief Cheng Li-wun, the party’s first leader to visit China in a decade, hopes to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.

KMT chief Cheng Li-wun, the party’s first leader to visit China in a decade, hopes to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.









Pakistani defence minister says Pakistan and Afghanistan are now at ‘open war’.
Afghanistan says ‘large-scale offensive operations’ launched; Pakistan reports inflicting ‘heavy casualties’ in clashes.

Pakistan’s military has carried out air strikes in Afghanistan, targeting what it called ‘camps and hideouts’.
The US is putting too much pressure on Kyiv and not enough on Moscow, says Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after more failed talks.
Diplomatic dispute escalates as Beijing and Manila present competing narratives over the South China Sea.
Japan’s Fisheries Agency says Chinese captain arrested for allegedly defying orders to stop for inspection at sea.
Thailand’s border war with Cambodia has fuelled an election campaign as nationalistic sentiments surge in the country.
Ukraine responded to renewed Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, logistics far from front lines.
Lacking battlefield successes, Moscow is hitting Ukraine’s energy facilities to force territorial concessions.