Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a temporary 48-hour ceasefire amid deepening hostilities between the former allies after deadly clashes erupted on the border overnight, Pakistani officials have announced.
China announced on Wednesday that trade wars had "no winners", after US President Donald Trump warned that Washington could stop buying cooking oil from Beijing.
The United Nations World Food Programme warned Wednesday that "staggering" cuts to its funding risked pushing up to 13.7 million people currently receiving food aid into "emergency" levels of hunger -- one step before famine.
Beijing stressed that it won’t yield to Washington’s latest tariff threats, urging the United States to seek a negotiated settlement instead of escalating tensions.
Taliban and Pakistani soldiers have exchanged fire across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, prompting calls for restraint from several countries, as tensions escalate following an air attack on the Afghan capital, Kabul, earlier this week.
President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will impose 100% tariffs on Chinese goods beginning November 1, 2025, in response to what he described as Beijing’s “extraordinarily aggressive” new trade restrictions.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has proposed banning Chinese airlines from flying over Russia on routes to and from the United States, Reuters reported on Friday.
New Delhi is likely to increase its oil purchases from Moscow in the coming months, with refiners in the South Asian nation being offered significant discounts, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
Traders are asking Indian state refiners to pay for Russian oil with Chinese yuan amid warming ties between New Delhi and Beijing, Reuters has reported, citing undisclosed trade sources.
The United Nations Human Rights Council decided on Monday to launch a probe into serious rights violations in Afghanistan, amid growing alarm over the Taliban's measures targeting women and girls.
The Kremlin announced on Monday that it had its own capabilities to cover all of its battlefield needs after being asked about a Kiev claim that Beijing was providing intelligence to enable Moscow to better launch missile strikes against Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump is ready for unconditional talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency has reported, citing a White House official.
Moscow and Beijing are catching up with Washington in terms of number of submarines, US President Donald Trump has stated, although he asserted that America remains far ahead.
Afghanistan's internet and telecommunications cut has "extremely serious" rights implications, with women and girls especially affected, the UN human rights office warned Tuesday.
The United States is working to ramp up missile production in preparation for a potential conflict with China, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing officials familiar with the matter. The Pentagon is reportedly pressing defense contractors to double or quadruple output amid mounting concerns over insufficient weapons stockpiles.
An Afghan Taliban government official stated Sunday that an agreement over Bagram air base was "not possible", after US President Donald Trump threatened the country with unspecified punishment if they did not give it back.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened the Taliban government of Afghanistan, stressing “bad things are going to happen” if it does not give Bagram Air Base back to the United States.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed a new package of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war, targeting “refiners, oil traders, [and] petrochemical companies in third countries, including China,” accused of helping Moscow bypass earlier restrictions.
US President Donald Trump has refused to approve a weapons package for Taiwan, the Washington Post has reported, citing five people familiar with the matter.
