Bahrain waters down UN proposal over opposition to allowing force to open Strait of HormuzBahrain has significantly weakened a UN resolution on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, removing authorization for offensive military action....
UN set to vote on watered-down proposal to open Strait of Hormuz; China opposes authorization of forceThe UN Security Council is set to vote on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, with a vote schedul...
'Indian friends in safe hands, no worries': Iran assures India of safe passage in Hormuz amid escalating war crisisIran assures India its vessels are safe amid Strait of Hormuz tensions, asserting only Iran and Oman will determine its future. India has r...
China opposes use of force in Middle East, warns it would 'legitimise unlawful' action: UN envoyChina's UN representative, Fu Cong, has strongly opposed any measures authorising military action in the Middle East. Addressing the United...
US and Israel clash with Iran at emergency Security Council meeting. UN chief condemns attacksThe United Nations Security Council convened an emergency session as the United States and Iran clashed over recent airstrikes. UN chief An...
Japan 'crossed a red line' with Taiwan military intervention remarks, Chinese foreign minister saysRemarks earlier this month by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that a Chinese naval blockade or other action against Taiwan could be ...
China Japan dispute: Is feud over Taiwan leading to world's next biggest crisis?China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has not ruled out the use of force to take control of the island. Taiwa...
China takes Japan's Taiwan remarks to UN as tensions riseChina has taken its dispute with Japan to the United Nations. This follows strong statements by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi rega...
May be forced to take counter measures, no winner in trade war: China's envoy at UN on US tariffsChina has criticized the US over recent tariffs imposed by President Trump, indicating possible countermeasures and warning of no winners i...
China says US targeting of AI not helpful to healthy developmentLast month, the United States released draft regulations to prohibit or mandate notification of specific investments in artificial intellig...
China says EU's 'unfair' EV subsidies probe risks damaging tiesChina's ambassador to the EU, Fu Cong, criticized the EU's probe into Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers, calling it unfair. Cong empha...
Two Chinese nationals arrested in BiharThey were found without valid travel documents and claimed to have left their passports at a hotel in Birganj, right across the border, whe...
‘De-Risking’ not ‘Decoupling’: The semantics behind how the world deals with ChinaThat rhetorical shift allowed some of the world’s wealthiest democracies to speak in a common voice on countering Chinese economic risks at...
China will continue to 'modernise' nuclear arsenal: Foreign ministryThe United States has also said China is expanding its nuclear arsenal with as many as 700 warheads by 2027 and possibly 1,000 by 2030.
Experts on WHO team say search for COVID origins has stalledIn a commentary published in the journal Nature, the WHO-recruited experts said the origins investigation is at "a critical juncture" requi...
China challenges US to cut nuclear arsenal to matching levelWashington has repeatedly called for China to join in trilateral negotiations to extend New START, a flagship nuclear arms treaty between t...
- PMK draws blank in LS poll, switching sides do not go well with voters
The LS poll verdict has proved a disaster for Pattali Makkal Katchi ( PMK), which drew blank not winning any seat. It fought five seats in ...