President Donald Trump on Sunday said that US is closely monitoring Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, adding that Washington would know if anyone approached the site and will “blow them up.” President Donald Trump on Sunday said that US is closely monitoring Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, (Bloomberg) “We’ll get that at some point… We…
Iran’s response to the latest US peace proposal refuses to address its nuclear program — focusing instead on ending the fighting across the region, Iranian state media said Sunday. The regime’s counter-offer, which was fired off to Pakistani mediators, seeks to ensure the security of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz before starting talks on…
About 100 ships registered in Hong Kong or locally managed or owned are stranded in the Strait of Hormuz along with an estimated 2,300 seafarers, an industry leader has said. Richard Hext, chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, told the South China Morning Post on Friday that it was very risky to sail vessels…
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…
A wanted member of the overseas opposition group “Hong Kong Parliament” has been arrested in Thailand for overstaying her visa, and is reportedly set to be deported to mainland China. The opposition group said on Friday that Zhang Xinyan, who took part in what it called a parliamentary election and was sworn in as a…
By Matt Spetalnick and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) – With his decision to pull some U.S. troops from Germany, his threats to draw down forces elsewhere in Europe and his downplaying of Iran’s recent attacks on an important Gulf partner, President Donald Trump’s latest moves foreshadow what could be the war’s enduring legacy:…
The chief engineer of a Chinese-owned oil tanker attacked near the Strait of Hormuz says it is “still unclear” who fired on the vessel. Chinese media Caixin reported on Thursday, local time, it was the first known attack on one of the country’s oil tankers since the outbreak of the Iran war. The Marshall Islands‑flagged…
London, Two months into the war in Iran, the reasons the US gave for launching this conflict – and Washington’s minimum criteria for claiming success – now appear unintelligible. So much so that US officials are now arguing the war had actually ended in America’s favour almost a month ago, when the ceasefire came into…
An employee works on core components of circuit breakers for wind turbines at Siemens Energy’s Hangzhou Plant on February 28, 2026 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images The Iran war appears to have supercharged the clean energy transition, providing a catalyst for wind power giants…
BEIJING (AP) — China’s top diplomat said Thursday that ties with the U.S. have been in general stable despite “many twists and disruptions,” and called on both countries to find a way to contribute to global peace, a week before President Donald Trump is expected to visit. During a meeting with members of a U.S….