Croatia secured a place at next year’s FIFA World Cup with a 3-1 win that ended tiny Faroe Islands’ dream on Friday, while the Netherlands moved closer to qualification by drawing in Poland. Croatia ...

The High Court’s Tainan branch this month upheld a lower court’s ruling denying a man’s claim of self-defense after he pepper-sprayed his neighbor. The ruling is final and cannot be appealed. On Aug.

Espionage is a growing problem within the government and military. Last year, 64 people were prosecuted on espionage charges, while more than 5,000 suspected agents are believed to be operating in the ...

Australia were dealt a huge blow yesterday, with Josh Hazlewood ruled out of the first Ashes Test against England, leaving their pace stocks precariously thin with Pat Cummins and Sean Abbott also ...

Taiwan should bolster the military’s command and control capabilities to enhance its integration with US and Japanese forces, former defense officials from the US and Japan said. They made the remarks ...

The UN Security Council is to vote today on a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, diplomats said. The US last week officially launched negotiations within the 15-member ...

Far-right former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is running out of options to avoid prison, after judges on Friday rejected his appeal against a 27-year sentence for a botched coup bid. Bolsonaro ...

Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday called for Taiwanese to put aside partisan differences, and unite and work together to build a better Taiwan. Tsai made the comment on her Facebook page ...

Entry fees could be charged at the nation’s three alpine national parks to help fund ecological conservation and hiking trail maintenance, National Park Service Director Wang Cheng-chi (王成機) said ...

At about 10 o’clock every morning, women in hijabs and loose long dresses wade through Zanzibar’s turquoise shallow tides to tend their sponge farms — a new lifeline after climate change upended their ...

Trinidad and Tobago on Friday announced a new round of military exercises with the US, which has ramped up what it calls anti-drug operations in the Caribbean — angering nearby Venezuela. A US guided ...

Stephen Curry had 49 points, outdueling Victor Wembanyama in another intense battle and the Golden State Warriors rallied to beat the San Antonio Spurs 109-108 on Friday night for their first win in ...