Russia-Ukraine peace talks end after less than 2 hours with deal to swap POWs

Tokyo, 17 May, /AJMEDIA/ The first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks since the early weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion ended after less than two hours Friday, and while both sides agreed… Read more

Gulf states use opulence and flattery to win Trump’s heart

Tokyo, 17 May, /AJMEDIA/ Escorts of camels and Arabian horses. A luxury plane offered as a gift. Hundreds of men dancing with drums and scimitars before marble palaces. Extravagant displays… Read more

Peace breakthrough unlikely as Putin declines to meet Zelenskyy in Turkey

Tokyo, 16 May, /AJMEDIA/ Russia’s Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Turkey on Thursday, instead sending a second-tier delegation to planned peace talks, while… Read more

45% more people rejected at German border after checks were stepped up, minister says

Tokyo, 16 May, /AJMEDIA/ Germany’s interior minister said Thursday that the number of people turned back at the country’s borders increased by nearly half in the new government’s first week… Read more

Australian PM visits Indonesia seeking deeper economic and defense ties

Tokyo, 15 May, /AJMEDIA/ Australia’s newly reelected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Thursday in a visit aiming to strengthen his country’s economic and defense… Read more

APEC warns of tariff impact on trade as China, U.S. trade reps meet

Tokyo, 15 May, /AJMEDIA/ The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grouping warned on Thursday that exports in the region will barely grow this year amid the onset of U.S. tariffs, as… Read more

Vietnam PM vows to fight against counterfeits, trade frauds

Tokyo, 14 May, /AJMEDIA/ Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday urged the country’s anti-counterfeit task force to devise new ways to fight fake goods, trade frauds and smuggling,… Read more

Saudis invest big in U.S. weapons, AI as Trump basks in welcome

Tokyo, 14 May, /AJMEDIA/ Saudi Arabia on Tuesday promised billions of dollars in deals with the United States from defense to artificial intelligence as it threw a lavish welcome for… Read more

Zelenskyy insists on face-to-face talks with Putin in Istanbul

Tokyo, 14 May, /AJMEDIA/ Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday he would attend talks with Russia on the war in Ukraine this week only if Vladimir Putin is also… Read more

Trump offers to join Russia-Ukraine talks in Turkey

Tokyo, 13 May, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Monday to join prospective Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey later this week as European countries pushed to get the Kremlin to… Read more