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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump offered complimentary words about Sanae Takaichi — Japan’s first female prime minister — upon arriving in Japan on Monday. Takaichi’s resume blends her strong brand of conservatism with a rock-and-roll streak while drawing inspiration from former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Takaichi, 64, came to power earlier this month after …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cambodia and Thailand on Sunday signed an expanded ceasefire deal on Sunday that President Donald Trump helped broker over the summer, ending their border conflict. Trump threatened higher tariffs against both countries to push them into agreeing to end the fighting, which left dozens of people dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As Britain marked the 100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth last week, Japan made history of its own on Tuesday by electing its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, a self-declared admirer of the “Iron Lady.” Takaichi, 64, who has long cited Thatcher as a personal and political inspiration, was chosen by Japan’s …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pakistani government and Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban on Wednesday agreed to a temporary 48-hour ceasefire after fresh clashes erupted this week and saw more than a dozen civilians and troops killed. The terms of the ceasefire remain unclear, and neither the Pakistani nor the Taliban’s foreign ministries immediately responded to Fox News Digital’s …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! North Korea has repaired and relaunched their 5,000-ton warship after a botched launch in May, according to North Korean state media. The second warship was once again upright in the water, according to the North Korean news agency KCNA. The communist country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, was in attendance to give a …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vietnam has ended its two-child policy in hopes of a resurgence of youth in an aging population. The communist country’s National Assembly passed a new amendment that nullifies families from having a two-child limit, according to state media. Vietnamese families are giving birth to fewer children and the birth rate has declined …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede on Wednesday as crowds tried to make their way inside a cricket stadium in southern India’s Karnataka state. The crush happened as thousands of cricket fans gathered outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru city to celebrate the winners of …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Millions of South Korean voters are casting their ballots on Tuesday for a new president in a snap election following the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol. Yoon, a conservative, faces trial on rebellion charges over his short-lived martial law declaration in December. Pre-election surveys suggested Lee Jae-myung, Yoon’s liberal archrival, …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! China criticized U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday for his “vilified” remarks “filled with provocations” in which he said the Asian country poses a legitimate threat in the Indo-Pacific. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Hegseth touted a “Cold War mentality” when he delivered his speech on Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue …

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday told allies in the Indo-Pacific that the U.S. has their back against increasing military and economic pressure from China, while insisting that they also contribute more to their own defense. Hegseth said the U.S. will bolster its defenses overseas to counter what the Pentagon views as rapidly developing threats by China, particularly toward Taiwan, …