Starbucks introduced a Frappuccino that looks like a mysteriously lit blue-and-red fire under a magical spell, and a cocoa-infused Halloween Malassada pastry that’s darkly sweet. Both are available only through Halloween.
Russian lawmakers on Thursday ratified a pact with North Korea envisioning mutual military assistance, a move that comes as the U.S. confirmed the deployment of 3,000 North Korean troops to Russia.
The diplomatic overtures to Japan, India, the U.K. and Australia underscore changing calculations by Beijing — and its counterparts — in anticipation of a possible return of an unpredictable U.S. president. They may help China buffer against economic turbulence from steep tariffs that would decimate commerce.
A fire Thursday night consumed a warehouse at the U.S. Army’s Busan Storage Center in Busan city, South Korea, according to local news reports and U.S. Army Garrison Daegu.
Straining to conquer a peak in the snowcapped Southern Alps of New Zealand with 16 strangers and $1 million at stake, Master Sgt. Ladeania Jackson felt right at home.
Asemoon Amirazodi was determined to get a towering skeleton from the U.S. to her home at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni near Hiroshima, but she’d reached a dead end. But then Home Depot stepped in to help get Skelly to Japan in time for Halloween.
Trash carried by a North Korean balloon fell on the presidential compound in central Seoul on Thursday, officials said, the second such case in recent months that raise concerns about the vulnerability of key South Korean sites during potential North Korean aggression.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia, in their first bilateral meeting in five years. It came days after the two nations announced a border accord aimed at ending a four-year-old standoff involving tens of thousands of soldiers.
For the first time in 25 years, hundreds of young sailors with the U.S. Navy will travel aboard a vessel named after the city of Atlanta, the branch announced Wednesday at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. Atlanta has had five previous Navy ships named for it, serving in times of crisis during the Civil War, World War II and the Cold War.
For decades, China has sought to maintain influence among armed ethnic groups in Myanmar in lawless border areas while also providing support to military leaders in charge of the Southeast Asian nation. An attack on its consulate last week shows that balancing act is becoming untenable.
The three-day meeting in the city of Kazan attended by 36 countries showcases the failure of the U.S.-led efforts to isolate Russia over its actions in Ukraine. The Kremlin has touted the summit as “the largest foreign policy event ever held” by Russia.
The U.S. said Wednesday that 3,000 North Korean troops have deployed to Russia and are training at several locations, calling the move very serious and warning that those forces will be “fair game” if they go into combat in Ukraine.
A company that provides hard-to-find English speech therapy services across Japan plans to open a clinic near Yokota Air Base.
Japan Air Self-Defense Force pilots scrambled to meet foreign challengers 358 times from April to September, compared to 424 times during the same period in 2023, according to Self-Defense Force data released Oct. 17.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected strategic missile bases and ordered the military to stay ready to deal a counterblow to enemies “at any time,” just two weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election in an apparent move to raise its profile.
As part of the annual Kamandag exercise, U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts used live fire this week to rehearse their defense against an invasion force from the disputed South China Sea.
Patients seeking laser eye surgery can expect longer wait times at this Army hospital as its refractive center transitions from contractors to in-house ophthalmologists for the procedures.