The South Korean government has ordered striking truckers in the steel and petrochemical industries to return to work, amid a prolonged nationwide strike that has disrupted supply chains and affected the country's economy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Saudi Arabia on a visit hailed by Beijing as “epoch-making” as the proximity between Beijing and Riyadh grows amid the Arab kingdom’s souring relations with the United States.

The Chinese government has announced a broad, nationwide loosening of strict health protocols imposed in the past years due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

China says it is firmly committed to its policy of not using nuclear weapons first, and has denounced a report by the military of the United States on China's alleged plan to triple its nuclear arsenal by 2035.

A roadside bomb kills at least seven petroleum company employees aboard a bus in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh.

Pyongyang said “dozens of projectiles supposed to be the shells of multiple rocket launchers” had been fired by the South.

South Korea's president prepares to widen a back-to-work order amid the truckers' ongoing strike crippling the country's economy.