Taiwan President William Lai Ching-te and Premier Cho Jung-tai face impeachment proceedings filed by opposition party leaders after a Friday vote.

Police say the suspect in a deadly knife and grenade attack that left three dead and 11 wounded in Taiwan’s capital had been meticulously planning the assault for more than a year

Taiwan’s opposition lawmakers started the process of impeaching President Lai Ching-te – a bid that will almost certainly fail given they lack the votes to go forward.

The suspect, identified as a 27-year-old man named Chang Wen, threw a smoke grenade in a major subway station, sending pedestrians running, according to local media reports.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck Taiwan's southeastern coastal county of Taitung on Wednesday, the island's weather administration said, although there were no immediate reports of damage.

The attacker, who threw smoke grenades inside a train station in Taiwan’s capital, later continued his rampage nearby and died in falling from a building.

Analysts say the US$11.1 billion package could narrow the scope of a meeting between US leader and Xi, even if the talk goes ahead.

Wielding fake knives and throwing pretend gasoline bombs, mock attackers charged at passengers in a transportation hub in Taipei on Friday, part of a drill to bolster responses following a deadly rampage in Taiwan’s capital.