WASHINGTON - The United States is releasing Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik as part of an exchange deal that saw Moscow free US teacher Marc Fogel a day earlier, a White House official said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Wednesday and agreed to immediately start talks to end the Ukraine war, in an extraordinary thaw in relations that could leave Kyiv out in the cold.

TOKYO – In his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba presented a new approach for Nippon Steel Corp.’s plan to acquire U.S. Steel Corp., saying it would not be an acquisition but an investment.

SEOUL – South Korea’s Defense Ministry reported Tuesday that North Korea has continued supplying military aid to Russia since last year, including 200 units of long-range artillery, likely in exchange for Moscow’s support in developing inte...

SINGAPORE – For the first time in 14 years, Singapore emerged as the least corrupt country in the Asia-Pacific region in 2024.

There are a few venues in our game that I would call cathedrals of golf -- Pebble Beach, Augusta National, St Andrews obviously, and maybe a few more that you could add in there. They mean a bit more than others which is probably to do with...

Cycling chief Gen Decha Hemkrasi was happy with the Thai riders' performance as the 44th Asian Road Cycling Championships reached its halfway stage at Bueng Si Fai in Phichit on Tuesday.

Paul Henri Vieuxtemps made history after winning Thailand's first-ever medal at the Asian Winter Games, securing a bronze medal in the men's freeski slopestyle event in Harbin, China, on Tuesday.

LONDON - The captain of the Australian women’s football team, Sam Kerr, has been found not guilty of racially abusing a British police officer after a dispute with a cab driver.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis described Donald Trump's migrant deportations as a "major crisis" Tuesday, prompting a rebuke from the US president's border czar, who told the pontiff to "stick to the Catholic Church".