China's live fire military drills around the island of Taiwan have just ended. The military exercises forced some ships and flights to take detours in the busy Taiwan Strait.

The White House summoned China's ambassador to the U.S. to address concerns about military exercises around Taiwan — the latest in the fallout over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island.

China has fired several waves of missiles, hitting targets in the waters that encircle the island of Taiwan, after a visit from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi triggered a tense military standoff.

Both the U.S. and China stepped up military activity in the region ahead of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit. Here's what is different now from crises in the Taiwan Strait decades ago.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has landed in Taiwan. The stop on her Asia tour wasn't announced in advance, but Beijing recently said such a visit would have serious consequences for China-U.S. relations.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is making an unannounced, but widely anticipated, stop in Taiwan. The move is expected to increase already heightened tensions between the U.S. and China.

Ukraine's soldiers are determined to repel a Russian invasion. But outgunned and outmanned by Russia, Ukraine's mounting casualties are taking their toll — and the war has no end in sight.

Ukraine lost territory to Russia in the southern Kherson region early in the war. Residents fleeing rural villages there describe their desperation under Russian military control.

Soldiers from Chechnya, a Muslim territory, are part of the foreign fight against Russia in Ukraine. Russia brutally suppressed them in two wars, and their presence echoes old hatreds in Ukraine.

Thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing towns and cities on the eastern front as Russian soldiers inch closer. But more Ukrainians say they're staying. Many had already fled war eight years earlier.

President Zelenskyy has consolidated all TV platforms in Ukraine into one state broadcast and restricted political rivals. Political opposition fears such civil liberty constraints could continue.

Fighting and shelling remain intense in Ukraine as Russia has control of a key eastern Ukrainian city. In some areas, civilians have faced months of food and power shortages.

Ukraine's southern forces have been striking the island in recent days to take out Russian outposts. Russia's defense ministry said its troops left as a "goodwill gesture."

Russia has been escalating bombardments of Ukrainian cities this week — attacks Moscow says are aimed at military installations but often hit civilian targets instead.

More than four dozen Russian missiles hit cities across Ukraine over the weekend as G7 leaders met in Germany to discuss Russia's war on Ukraine and other topics.

Russian missiles hit cities in western Ukraine throughout the weekend, an escalation that has punctured the relative lull in fighting in and around Kyiv.

New U.S. legislation will force companies to prove that goods imported from the Chinese region Xinjiang are not made with forced labor. Experts say proving this is nearly impossible.

A gunman who killed one man and shot others exposes the complex identities of Taiwanese and Chinese people.

A deadly shooting at a Taiwanese church in California exposes rising tensions between Taiwan and China.

Younger workers are questioning the benefits of the daily grind as they face worsening prospects. The rise of "Sang culture" embodies the frustration and soul-crushing weariness.