Pro-Palestinian protesters are attempting to press charges against two men after altercations at Taipei event in support of Israel.
Israeli cross-party delegation meets representatives of island’s current and incoming governments, visits science park and attends Holocaust Memorial Day event.
Taipei views conflict in Middle East as opportunity to learn from Israel’s defence strategy and foster friendly relations.
Independence-leaning DPP and other parties that rose out of the 2014 protests are losing popularity, but youth increasingly drives the island’s politics.
Taiwanese legislative speaker Han Kuo-yu of the KMT is expected to become chair of the Beijing-sanctioned Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, but some in the ruling DPP are concerned he could use the group to advance cross-strait ‘integration work’.
China told Hague court Palestinians have a right to self-determination ‘by all available means, including armed struggle’ – to the dissatisfaction of Israelis.
Days ahead of the next session, the Taiwan People’s Party’s eight new legislative seats will play key roles in critical government decisions.
Taiwan doesn’t allow absentee voting, meaning thousands will head back to the island for next weekend’s elections.
Liora Argamani is battling terminal illness as she pleads with international leaders and China’s online community for support.
No one in Taipei knew much about Nathan Rabinovitch when he died there in 1985. Yet the Russian Jew who claimed to have known Al Capone was a Shanghai gangster who spied for the city’s Japanese occupiers.