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Made in China: Saudi-Iran deal goes beyond Middle East, say analysts

Mar 10, 2023 (AFP)

The agreement calls for the long-time rivals "to resume diplomatic relations and reopen embassies and missions within two months". It ends the rupture that emer...

China's Xi handed historic third term as president

Mar 10, 2023 (AFP)

His appointment by China's rubber-stamp parliament comes after Xi locked in another five years as head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October. Since th...

Chinese security vessel orders Philippine plane carrying media to 'leave'

Mar 10, 2023 (AFP)

The order came from a radio operator on a Chinese coastguard vessel 3,500 feet (1,000 metres) below -- one of dozens of ships seen prowling the waters. AFP was ...

Biden meets Finland president, reaffirms support for NATO entry

Mar 09, 2023 (AFP)

Biden saw Niinisto briefly during his trip to Washington, where he was meeting with US senators and White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, after e...

After brief window, US-China relationship back on rocky path

Mar 09, 2023 (AFP)

Weeks after the US discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon, tensions that had been easing have spiked back up, with little sign that either power is ready ...

UK opens military base in northern Norway

Mar 08, 2023 (AFP)

The newly established Norwegian site, called Camp Viking, will serve as a hub for Royal Marines Commandos, said Britain's Royal Navy. It described the troops as...

Stop telling 'lies', Hungary MPs tell Sweden for NATO bid

Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)

Hungary and Turkey are the only two NATO countries that have yet to ratify Sweden's and Finland's membership bids. Budapest is expected to vote in favour of bot...

China lashes out at US, warns of 'conflict and confrontation'

Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)

Beijing's new Foreign Minister Qin Gang told a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC) there would be "catastrophic co...

NATO chief sees 'progress' on Sweden, Finland bids

Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)

Turkey and Hungary are the only NATO members still to ratify the bids of the Nordic nations, which must be accepted by all 30 existing members of the military o...

China's Xi Jinping slams US-led 'suppression'

Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)

China's technology ambitions have been hit with a raft of restrictions by the United States and its Western allies, and Beijing has doubled down on the need to ...

Sri Lanka president says China agrees to restructure loans

Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)

An unprecedented economic crisis has seen Sri Lanka's 22 million people suffer acute food, fuel and medicine shortages, along with extended blackouts and runawa...

Biden, Scholz to map out next steps for Ukraine

Mar 03, 2023 (AFP)

Scholz's first trip to Washington since February 2022 offers the leaders a chance to demonstrate their resolve in backing Ukraine against Russia. But the talks ...

EU's Borrell sees 'small improvement' at G20 with Russia

Mar 03, 2023 (AFP)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met briefly Thursday with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in New Delhi, and pressed him over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Borr...

Moscow, Beijing blast Western 'blackmail and threats' at G20: statement

Mar 02, 2023 (AFP)

"A unanimous rejection was expressed of attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, to impose unilateral approaches through blackmail and ...

Hungary lawmakers debate Finland, Sweden NATO bids

Mar 01, 2023 (AFP)

The parliamentary voting was officially scheduled for March 6-9, but parliament's website on Wednesday showed the vote would take place from March 20 at the ear...

What is China's game plan in Ukraine?

Mar 01, 2023 (AFP)

From a "position paper" on resolving the war to allegations that Beijing may be mulling arms to Russia and meeting with close Moscow allies, here is a rundown o...

US-China panel warned of communist 'threat' as protests erupt

Mar 01, 2023 (AFP)

Republicans and Democrats hope the "House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party" will be a bulwark...

Belarus leader hails China ties ahead of Xi meeting

Mar 01, 2023 (AFP)

The state visit to the Chinese capital by Lukashenko -- a staunch ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin -- comes after Beijing laid out a position of ostensi...

Finland gives early greenlight to NATO entry

Mar 01, 2023 (AFP)

Both Finland and Sweden dropped their decades-long policies of military non-alignment and applied to join the trans-Atlantic defence pact last May, in the wake ...

Ukraine will join NATO but in 'long-term': Stoltenberg

Feb 28, 2023 (AFP)

"NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member of our alliance, but at the same time that is a long-term perspective," Stoltenberg told reporters du...