Chinese President Xi Jinping has stated that the world “is undergoing a period of turbulence and change” while noting that “unilateral and bullying actions are seriously impacting the international order,” according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Palestine was the deadliest place to work as a journalist in 2025, with the Middle East as a whole the most dangerous region for media professionals, according to a report by a global journalist union.
Central Asia, the Sahel region and northern Europe experienced their hottest year on record this year, according to AFP analysis based on data from the European Copernicus programme.
Beijing's top diplomat stressed Tuesday that China would "forcefully counter" large-scale US arms sales to Taiwan, as its military kicked off a second day of live-fire drills around the island.
The United States has announced it will contribute only $2bn in United Nations humanitarian assistance – a small fraction of its traditional funding scope – as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to heavily downsize its role in foreign aid.
China has announced fresh sanctions on 20 US defence firms, including a Boeing subsidiary, over Washington's latest weapons sales to Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own.
China is likely to have loaded over 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles across three silo fields and has no desire for arms control talks, according to a draft Pentagon report which highlighted Beijing's growing military ambitions.
Brussels hit back on Monday at Beijing’s decision to slap duties of up to 42.7 percent on some dairy products from the European Union, calling the move “unjustified.”
China's military will step up training and "take forceful measures" to safeguard the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the defence ministry announced on Friday in response to a planned $11.1 billion US arms sales package to Taiwan.
The United States has approved $11.1bn in arms sales to Taiwan, one of Washington’s largest-ever military packages for the self-ruled island, which Beijing has promised to unify with mainland China.
A court in South Korea has issued its verdict in the case involving four members of Iran’s national track and field delegation who were arrested during the Asian Athletics Championships.
Kazakhstan’s presidential office announced on Monday that Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian will pay an official two-day visit to Astana starting on Wednesday.
The Taliban announced Wednesday that the shooting of two National Guard members, one fatally, by an Afghan suspect in Washington last month had nothing to do with Afghanistan.
UK special forces in Afghanistan executed suspects without facing repercussions despite widespread knowledge of their behavior in the army chain of command, a former senior British officer told a public inquiry.
The world’s biggest weapons-producing companies saw a 5.9% increase in revenue from sales of arms and military services in 2024 as demand was fed by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as countries’ rising military spending, according to a report released Monday.
The Afghan suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington may have been radicalized after entering the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has stated when questioned about his motive on Sunday talk shows.
The U.S. State Department has suspended visa processing for Afghan nationals after two West Virginia National Guard members were shot near the White House.
US President Donald Trump has asked the Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, to avoid further escalation in a dispute with China during a call this week, according to two Japanese government sources who spoke to the Reuters news agency.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has stated that the European Union’s ability to pressure China regarding its position on the Ukrainian war is limited.
China's top diplomat Wang Yi has pledged support for Damascus in "achieving peace at an early date", as his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani made his first official visit to Beijing on Monday.
Several Chinese refiners have begun avoiding purchases of Russian crude oil after the U.S. and others imposed major sanctions on Russian producers, Bloomberg has reported, citing traders.
India's crude oil imports from Russia grew in October month-on-month, Reuters has reported, citing preliminary data from analytics firms Kpler and OilX.
US President Donald Trump warned in a Sunday interview that Chinese officials “know the consequences” of taking military action against Taiwan while he’s in office.
