Relatives of Afghan civilians killed or injured in a US drone bombing in Kabul last August have called for recognition of the deadly attack as a war crime and due punishment of the American perpetrators.

China’s military says it has followed and warned away a US warship that “illegally” entered Chinese waters near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

North Korea says it may consider resuming “all temporarily suspended” nuclear and long-range weapons tests to boost its defenses against Washington’s “military threats,” amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula and renewed US sanctions against Pyongyang.

The Taliban's acting prime minister in Afghanistan has called on the international community, particularly Muslim nations, to officially recognize the Taliban government, amid a worsening economic crisis that has plagued the country.

S Korea and Japan say North Korea fires two projectiles, which could be ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast.

Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture reports record daily coronavirus infections fueled by the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant largely blamed on US forces stationed there.

The United Nations (UN) special envoy to Myanmar has called on Southeast Asian nations to support international efforts to engage all sides to the conflict in Myanmar in order to find a peaceful solution to the escalating violence in the country.