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BEIJING: China’s top diplomat urged Pakistan to step up mediation efforts between Iran and the United States, and to help “properly” address the reopening of the Hormuz strait, Chinese state…

BEIJING: It’s a verbal tightrope American presidents have had to walk for nearly 50 years, where even small slip-ups when stating official US policy toward Taiwan and China can trigger…

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump ‌said on Tuesday that Americans’ financial struggles are not a factor in his decision-making as he seeks to negotiate an end to the Iran war,…

ORVAULT, France: At night, silence fell over the Louisiana immigration detention facility where 85-year-old Marie-Thérèse Ross was held. Then the wailing began. ’’Children crying, and even babies,” said Ross, the…

ABUJA: Nigeria and Morocco expect to sign an intergovernmental agreement in the fourth quarter of 2026 ​to advance a major Atlantic coast gas pipeline project, Nigeria’s foreign ministry said. The…

Agenda for talks between Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping highlights the array of U.S. interests that depend on — and often clash with — Beijing's policies.

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and UAE President  Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan held a phone conversation, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The pair discussed the situation in…

Russian forces launched attacks in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on Tuesday, killing at ​least six people, regional officials said, after the expiry of a US-mediated ceasefire. Ukrainian officials said Russia launched…

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s plan to put weapons in space — pitched as a “Golden Dome for America” missile defense program — is estimated to cost $1.2 trillion over a…

The great commodity-market mystery is deepening