In an unprecedented act of defiance, Beijing has ordered Chinese businesses to ignore the United States’ sanctions against Iran. Chairman Xi Jinping is due to meet President Donald Trump for personal talks in the coming days. And a lot has changed since their last Beijing soiree in 2017. Trade is a deeply entrenched battleground between…
Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Islamabad on Friday and US envoys headed to the Pakistani capital in a bid to kickstart a new round of peace negotiations amid a fragile ceasefire. US hopes for progress, but Iran says not direct talks The White House said emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would engage in an…
China’s government has condemned the joint U.S.-Israeli military strikes on Iran and urged Gulf states to work together to oppose foreign influence, as the Middle East erupts into a wider conflict. In the country’s initial comments Sunday, March 1, after the killing of Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, China’s foreign ministry called the attacks “a grave…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — South Korea’s foreign minister met Monday with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, keeping up pressure to suppress burgeoning large-scale online scam operations that have been blamed for the brutal death of a Korean student. Hun Manet said on social media that he had met with Foreign Minister Cho Hyun but…
By Saeed Shah (Reuters) -Afghanistan’s regional neighbors, including American allies, appeared to unite against U.S. President Donald Trump‘s stated aim of taking over the Bagram military base near Kabul, according to a statement released after they met in Moscow. The “Moscow Format” meeting on Afghanistan – the seventh such event hosted by Russia but attended…
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) -North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui met with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing on Sunday during her second visit to the Chinese capital in just one month, both countries’ official news agencies reported. Wang told Choe that “China is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with the Democratic People’s Republic…
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, just ahead of a trip to Japan and Indonesia, criticized China on Sunday for its increasingly aggressive behaviour in the Taiwan Strait and the East and South China Seas. “Fundamental rules of our global coexistence are at stake here,” he warned before his departure from the Hamburg Airport. This also…
New Delhi: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week for talks with national security advisor Ajit Doval under the special representatives mechanism for addressing the border issue, the external affairs ministry said on Saturday. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week for talks with national security advisor Ajit Doval….
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s foreign minister David Lammy could be on the hook for a 2,500 pounds ($3,394) fine following his fishing trip last week with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, after admitting he didn’t have the required licence. Vance and Lammy were pictured by invited media as they fished in the lake at the foreign…
BEIJING (Reuters) -Senior Chinese diplomat Liu Jianchao, widely seen as a potential foreign minister, was taken away by authorities for questioning in early August, five people familiar with the matter said. Liu, 61, was detained after returning from a work trip to Singapore, South Africa and Algeria, which ended on July 30, according to the…