Updated on: Dec 19, 2025 01:47 am IST . Trump’s warning comes ahead of fresh talks expected in Miami, Florida on the weekend. US President Donald Trump on Thursday called on Ukraine to move “quickly” on a deal to end the war with Russia. Trump’s warning comes ahead of fresh talks expected in Miami, Florida…
new video loaded: European Leaders Discuss Financing Ukraine With Frozen Russian Assets transcript Back transcript European Leaders Discuss Financing Ukraine With Frozen Russian Assets The European Council convened in Brussels to discuss leveraging up to $247 billion in frozen Russian government assets held in Europe to finance Ukraine’s war effort. “Either money today or blood…
It has been a turbulent year for the fraught US-China relationship. In the fourth part of a series looking back at the events of 2025, we examine the impacts of Trump’s foreign policy on global geopolitics. As the administration of US President Donald Trump ends its first year, expect the unabashed disrupter to continue applying…
China’s military mouthpiece aimed its rhetoric at Japan’s space ambitions and its new intelligence unit on Thursday, accusing Tokyo of embarking on a space arms race and undermining regional security. The criticism in two articles in the PLA Daily is the latest salvo in a diplomatic dust-up over the past month that has involved near-daily…
United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that an agreement aimed to end Russia’s war in Ukraine is “closer than ever”. Reporting his team’s progress in Berlin, the US president stated that a deal is closer than “we have been ever”. Trump’s remarks come at a White House event after he called into a…
European Union members have observed an uptick in China’s support for Russia, multiple sources said, as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine prepares to drag into its fourth year. Officials are parsing evidence of an increase in battlefield weapons being shipped from China to Russia, to add to the well-documented flow of goods with dual civilian and…
The senior Democrat on a US congressional committee focused on China is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to fill the State Department’s vacant post for Arctic affairs, citing intensifying competition with Beijing and adding to growing pressure to address the vacancy. The Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs leads US engagement with the eight-country Arctic Council…
Listen to Vladimir Putin, and one would think Russia is marching to victory in Ukraine and overcoming whatever minor economic challenges it faces, thanks to the support of its patriotic people. On November 30th state television showed Mr Putin visiting a command post wearing military fatigues, receiving reports on the latest offensive. “The Russian troops…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China reveals radio clip heard before mid-air stand-off with Japan fighter jets China on Tuesday released more details about Saturday’s mid-air stand-off between Chinese and Japanese fighter jets, as…
Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Russian, Chinese planes entered its air defence zone during the joint exercise. South Korea and Japan separately scrambled fighter jets after Russian and Chinese military aircraft conducted a joint air patrol near both countries. Seven Russian and two Chinese aircraft entered South Korea’s Air Defence Identification Zone (KADIZ) at…