Category: General

Seven people were wounded after a mortar attack by al-Shabab militants hit the area around Mogadishu airport on Sunday, Somali witnesses and officials sayThe mortars landed on the heavily-guarded Halane area of the airport that houses the African Union...

A delegation led by Vice President Chen Chien-jen arrived at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International Airport on the morning of October 11 local time (the afternoon of October 11 Taipei time) to attend the canonization of Cardinal John Henry Newman and f...

Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders defended President Donald Trump's use of Twitter to get his message out and said Tuesday that the U.S. hopes that unrest in Hong Kong can be handled both internally and peacefully.Speaking at a forum in ...

Academia Sinica, Taiwan's foremost research institution, is gearing up for the annual Open House event Oct. 26 at its base in Taipei City's Nangang District, spotlighting the ground-breaking efforts of the country's academics. Staffers from 31 of AS's ...

Taiwan and the U.S. staged the inaugural Pacific Islands Dialogue Oct. 7 in Taipei City, underscoring the commitment of the like-minded partners to advancing the shared vision of a more free and open Indo-Pacific. The daylong event is seen as an invalu...

A Chinese military vessel is touring the contested South China Sea and beyond to meet foreign peers and train its own sailors, spreading goodwill while tightening its claim to a disputed sea and disrupting Australia's traditional sphere of influence.Be...

SARCHI, COSTA RICA - At his home in rural Costa Rica, biologist Federico Paniagua joined his family at the dining table to devour several types of insects that he raised on his farm and whose flavor he compares to potato chips.The head of the Universit...

This year's Nuit Blanche Taipei festival will kick off at 6 p.m. Oct. 5 in the capital city's Dazhi and Neihu districts for an atmospheric night full of artistic displays. Organized by Taipei City Government in partnership with French Office in Taipei,...