President Lai Ching-te took office in May, continuing the eight-year rule of the Democratic Progressive Party that rejects Beijing's...

The US said it is working with the Iraqi and the regional Kurdish governments to get missile defense capabilities after Iran attacked Erbil. The Iranian missile attack damaged buildings near the US Consulate in Erbil Iran claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck Iraq's northern Kurdish regional capital of Erbil in the early hours of Sunday morning. Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned Iran's ambassador to protest the attack, calling it a flagrant violation of its sovereignty. No...