U.S. officials have long called on Taiwan to dramatically boost its defense spending as the power gap across the Taiwan ...

Thirty-three death row inmates were executed during the presidency of Tsai's predecessor, Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang party. Taiwan's Constitutional Court ruled in September that capital ...

While Taiwan's largest opposition party the Kuomintang voiced its support for capital punishment, rights groups expressed dismay. "This execution is a shocking and brutal development," said E-Ling ...

Chiu Chui-cheng, the most senior minister in charge of relations with Beijing, told Nikkei Asia in an exclusive interview that Taiwan cannot turn a blind eye to what he described as Beijing's ...

Mark Warner (D-Va.), the committee’s vice chair, aired those worries during opening remarks and by asking Ratcliffe if he would resist efforts to force out or fire any CIA employees on the basis ...

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for CIA director testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, pledging to revitalize the agency's capabilities against evolving global ...

John Ratcliffe, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, vowed time and again during his confirmation hearing Wednesday to do something that could prove difficult for the next four years ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA told senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that the nation’s premier spy agency must do a better job of ...

Washington — John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be CIA director, promised the Senate Intelligence Committee that if he's confirmed, the CIA would be rededicated to its ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA signaled substantial changes are in store for America’s premier spy agency, telling lawmakers that it must be more aggressive both in ...

John Ratcliffe, President-elect Trump’s choice to head the CIA, faced questioning from the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday morning in his first confirmation hearing. Ratcliffe ...

Meanwhile, Taiwan’s most recent presidents have hailed from a party that does not view the island as part of a unified China, a departure from the view of the previous Nationalist or Kuomintang ...