Michelle Ye Hee Lee

Even potato chips aren’t safe from the ripple effects of President Trump’s Iran war, which is disrupting supply chains across Asia.

Across Asia, companies and consumers are facing or preparing for shortages of everyday goods. Even snacks aren’t safe from scarcity.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has made revising the constitution’s “no-war” clause a priority amid rising threats in Asia, but any change is highly sensitive.

As Trump pursued an unpopular war, Beijing positioned itself as a peacemaker, with little incentive to pressure Iran or annoy the U.S.

Holding no illusions about making lasting deals at this week’s summit, China’s leader looks to project Beijing as an alternative to U.S. volatility on the world stage.

The image of two superpowers on similar footing was exactly what Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed to achieve with the visit, analysts said.

There were no big breakthroughs but also no blunders, and the summit positioned Xi Jinping as a leader at the height of his power seeking global stability.

In an inter-peninsula match-up between women's teams that showed the limits of sports diplomacy, players from North Korea remained stone-faced — until they won.

President Donald Trump’s seeming ambivalence about the value of allies has created a sense of urgency among nations with close U.S. ties.