China failed Friday to block a UN Security Council meeting called to discuss the human rights crisis in North Korea. China, backed by Angola, Egypt, Russia and Venezuela, voted to scrap the meeting, but nine other countries including Britain, France and the United States supported the move in the 15-member ...
A former senior US official with links to Donald Trump’s transition team flew to Taipei Tuesday, sparking more speculation over relations with Taiwan after the president-elect’s unprecedented call with the island’s leader. Stephen Yates, once a deputy national security advisor to former US vice president Dick Cheney, told journalists he ...
