Based on unspecified new intelligence, US Energy Department now thinks lab leak theory most likely explanation for pandemic, but expresses 'low confidence' over finding

Joint statement issued with China after Iranian president visits Beijing also rejects Western standards of human rights and democracy

Beijing gives no details on how incidents were dealt with, or if balloons were linked to government or military, says Washington should 'reflect' before instigating conflict

Schumer says devices downed from 40,000 feet in air were smaller than Chinese balloon downed off South Carolina earlier this month, officials trying to analyze debris for data

Pentagon declines to shoot down craft thought to be snooping on missile silo, due to fears of falling debris; claims balloon won't find anything satellites can't already see

Mideast envoy updates council members on 'rapidly deteriorating situation' after terror shooting, Jenin operation; US warns against backing Palestinian measures at UN

Urgent closed-door session Friday requested by UAE, China and France as tensions snowball following IDF raid on northern West Bank city that left nine Palestinians dead

Most populous nation sees birthrates plunge as population ages, threatening world's second largest economy

Authorities have been accused of underreporting coronavirus fatalities since abandoning zero-COVID policy

When Rushan Abbas spoke out about disappeared in-laws from Xinjiang, Beijing took her sister away, one more person in a system of camps she says has swallowed over 3 million souls