The Global Times calls US-Japan ties a product of the Cold War era.
Tsai will visit Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador next month.
Russia argues that a ceasefire in besieged Syrian city would allow 'terrorists' to regroup.
Human Rights Watch slams UN's failure to protect civilians in Bria.
China's foreign ministry says it is maintaining contacts with the US president-elect's transition team.
Burundi's 18-month social and political crisis has left an estimated 1,000 dead.
The US president-elect takes to Twitter to criticise Beijing's economic and military policies.
Fidel Castro is said to have told brother Raul he did not want to be honoured by statues or place names.
President Mugabe paid tribute to Fidel Castro saying the Cuban was also the leader of African people.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest cited complicated relationship between US and Cuba for the decision.
German chancellor's move will be a blow to the more than three million EU nationals living in the UK.
Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said it was 'not a strategic incident'.
The official coronation can only take place after the royal cremation of the late king Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Almost half of the applications are from countries like India, South Korea and Australia.
A US defence official described the action as 'unsafe and unprofessional'.
Global Times article says Singapore might be working against 'One China' policy.
Castro's death was announced on Saturday morning by his brother, and Cuba's President Raul Castro.
Abe's response comes less than a month before Russian President Vladimir Putin's Japan visit.
East African Community-led talks have failed to end crisis that has left 1,000 dead and 20,000 missing.
Russia has deployed anti-ship missile systems called Bal and Bastion off Hokkaido.
She is the first female appointment to a cabinet-level post in the Trump administration.
The Philippines president stopped over in Auckland on his way to Manila after attending APEC summit in Peru.
Seoul had postponed signing the pact, proposed in 2012, due to domestic opposition to close relations with Tokyo.
Diplomat says cooperation conditional on president-elect Donald Trump holding to campaign pledges.
Obama said the coalition is bombing Aleppo without regard for civilian casualties.
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was one of the first to congratulate Donald Trump on his election victory.
Rodrigo Duterte also expressed anger over the criticism his war on drugs has received from the West.
NGOs meet in Brussels to ask donor countries for support to end impunity for crimes under international law.
During the election campaign, Trump said US military could be withdrawn from the shores of Japan and South Korea.
The US President-elect said he would 'bomb the hell out of Isis' during the election campaign.