Iran and the United States have reached an impasse again over how to end their war while their ceasefire grew increasingly shaky, with the two sides exchanging fire in recent days, ships and Gulf states being targeted, and fighting flaring between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah
May 11, 2026
President Donald Trump has demonstrated greater ambivalence toward Taiwan in his second term
May 11, 2026
President Donald Trump's trip to China may not come with the same fanfare that accompanied his first-term visit
May 10, 2026
Ahead of US-China summit, Taiwan’s opposition leader says island can embrace both powers
May 10, 2026
U.S.
May 07, 2026
China may try some "manoeuvring" over the Taiwan issue when U.S.
May 07, 2026
China is signaling that Taiwan will be a priority ahead of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping next week
May 07, 2026
China’s diplomatic role in the Iran war has come into sharper focus after talks between Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers on Wednesday, days before U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping
May 06, 2026
Taiwan is likely to be a topic of conversation between U.S.
May 06, 2026
China is slowing its efforts to repatriate Chinese nationals who are in the U.S. illegally, a senior Trump administration official told Reuters,
May 05, 2026
An unfinished Iran war could give Xi the upper hand in Trump talks, sources say
May 04, 2026
For 23 million Taiwanese, the most consequential diplomatic meeting of 2026 may be one to which they are not invited.
April 29, 2026
China is willing to work with African countries to address the spillover effects of the Middle East conflict, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday while meeting with
April 21, 2026
China’s energy fortress was built to withstand just this type of oil shock
April 21, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for normal passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz to be maintained, in a phone call on Monday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince
April 20, 2026
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April 18, 2026
North Korea appears to be distancing itself from longtime partner Iran and carefully managing its public messaging to preserve the possibility of a new relationship with the
April 06, 2026
Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun leaves on Tuesday for China and a potential meeting with President Xi Jinping on what she says is a peace mission as Beijing makes a
April 06, 2026
China's President Xi Jinping has called for a demand-driven approach coupled with reform and technological empowerment to develop the service sector, the official Xinhua
April 08, 2026
The U.S. economic and trade relationship with China is stable and President Donald Trump will aim to keep it that way in a meeting next
April 07, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will make his fourth trip to China in as many years this month, as had been widely expected, as Madrid seeks to build on its
April 08, 2026
China and Vietnam should maintain high strategic clarity and prioritise political security, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his
April 15, 2026
Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter not to give Iran weapons, and Xi responded that China was not supplying
April 15, 2026
Taiwanese officials are tracking what they view as a worrying rise in Chinese naval activity and military pressure against the island, even
April 10, 2026
Shooting at Silver Spoon's restaurant critically injures man who tried to intervene
Bolivia's Evo Morales held in contempt after missing court in trafficking trial
Trump says federal gas tax should be paused, CBS News reports
Premier League corner chaos is heading to the World Cup and FIFA believes referees will handle it
California county sues Meta over scam ads
Nvidia CEO Huang not going to China during Trump visit, source says
Spurs' Victor Wembanyama won't face further sanction for throwing an elbow, AP source says
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