The European Union, France and Germany condemned US visa bans on European citizens combating online hate and disinformation, with Brussels saying on Wednesday it could "respond swiftly and decisively" against the "unjustified measures".

The European Commission on Wednesday strongly condemned a U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton, warning it would act "swiftly and decisively" to defend the bloc's regulatory

The Libyan army's chief of staff, Lieutenant General Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, died on Tuesday evening in a plane crash shortly after departing Türkiye's capital, Ankara.Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah confirmed al-Haddad's death in a statement on Facebook.

Spain's Christmas lottery showered $3.26 billion in prizes, with a significant number of winners of the top award "El Gordo" (The Fat One), residents of Leon province that was ravaged by wildfires earlier this year.

Three people were killed by a bomb in Moscow on Wednesday after two police officers approached a man acting suspiciously near the site where a senior general was killed two days ago by a car bomb that Russia said was planted by Ukrainian intelligence.

China's National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce have unveiled the 2025 version of the Catalogue of Encouraged Industries for Foreign Investment, outlining key measures to attract and use foreign capital with greater efforts, the commission said on

Cambodian delegates arrived at the Thai side of the border in Chanthaburi province at approximately 4:25 p.m. local time, marking the start of the secretariat meeting of the General Border Committee, according to Thai media.

A Chinese envoy on Tuesday called for the resumption of negotiations on the Iran nuclear issue.

Recently, there has been another shocking statement from Japan's political circles. A senior official in charge of security and defense in Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet told the media that Japan "should possess nuclear weapons."

China on Wednesday urged Japan to promptly clarify the situation following a water leakage involving radioactive substances at a nuclear reactor during decommissioning work.

China is firmly opposed to the US arbitrary levy of tariffs to hold back Chinese industries groundlessly, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday at a regular press briefing.

The recent remarks on possessing nuclear weapons by a senior Japanese official are by no means an isolated incident, which exposed the consistent erroneous stance of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Japan's right-wing forces, sending an extremely dangerous signal, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson sa

Recent calls from a senior Japanese official for the country to acquire nuclear weapons are sparking serious backlash.

At least two people were killed and more than 40 injured in intense violence over the past 24 hours between two tribal groups in India's northeastern state of Assam, a local police officer confirmed by phone on Wednesday.

South Korea's births grew for the 16th successive month amid higher marriages, statistical ministry data showed Wednesday.

A Japanese civil body has submitted a petition to the country's foreign ministry, calling on the government to clearly reaffirm its commitment to the Three Non-Nuclear Principles as a national policy, local media reported.