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Latest news, features and analysis on global diplomatic relations, with a focus on China’s international ties – especially with the US, its Asian neighbours and the European Union.
As city continues to benefit from an increasingly close relationship between China and the Middle East, start-ups need to seize opportunities.
Foreign minister makes it clear that China will be a stabilising, cooperative force in international affairs, and calls on US to honour its pledges with a warning over Taiwan.
The British Empire pioneered weaponising the global economy, a strategy now deployed with near reckless abandon by its successor, the American empire.
Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan’s Middle East tour comes as Singapore becomes ‘more vocal’ on Israel’s actions in Gaza, observers say.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol reportedly hopes to build on the Japan-Republic of Korea Joint Declaration made in 1998 that outlined a future-oriented relationship.
Cuba’s government protested as interventionist comments from the US following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba.
While analysts are optimistic about the return of international students to China, many prospective and former students report dwindling enthusiasm for Chinese universities.
Biden, Kishida and Marcos Jnr are set to meet next month in a landmark summit over the issue deemed by Manila to be the top ‘flashpoint’.
The port in Batanes could facilitate rapid troop deployment and serve as a transit point for supplies and evacuated Filipinos in the event of a conflict.
US President Joe Biden on Donald Trump: ‘Don’t tell him, he thinks he’s running against Barack Obama’.
In Jerusalem on Sunday, Scholz called for a ‘negotiated two-state solution’ to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying ‘terror cannot be defeated with military means alone’.
The agreement is designed to boost cooperation in areas including trade and security, while delivering funding over the next three years to support Egypt’s economy.
Shelling and clashes have been reported in south Gaza’s main city of Khan Younis and elsewhere, with 12 members of the same family among those killed overnight.
The US secretary of state will meet South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul to explore how to boost their alliance and ‘extended deterrence’ against North Korea.
Technology transfers have always been officially part of China’s belt and road plan, but analysts say those types of exchanges are being increasingly prioritised as Beijing bids to boost ties.
The United States currently stations some 1,000 troops in Niger at a desert drone base built at a cost of US$100 million.
Talks will focus on remaining gaps between Israel and Hamas including over prisoner releases and humanitarian aid.
Readers discuss India’s place in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, and the US position on the war in Gaza.
A lack of risk appetite for developing markets and different ways of doing business are among the factors holding back Australian investors, experts say.
Among the steps that have been discussed is ending national airline Iran Air’s flights to Europe.
European Union members have endorsed a series of laws, including a requirement that large businesses conduct human rights and environmental audits of their overseas suppliers.
During the proposed truce, Gaza militants would release about 42 hostages seized during the October 7 attack that triggered the war in Gaza, the official said.
Lin Jian was party chief at the foreign office of state-run paramilitary organisation XPCC.
The vessel was seen towing a barge loaded with 200 tonnes of food for Palestinians threatened with famine after more than five months of war.
Wang Kejian holds talks with Palestinian and Israeli diplomats, repeating calls for a two-state solution.
At least 29 Palestinians were killed while awaiting aid in two separate Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Gaza’s health ministry said. The Israeli military said the reports are ‘false’.
Daniel Kritenbrink, an assistant secretary of state, tells Senate hearing ‘we had known for some time [of Nauru’s concerns] … in this instance, they decided to flip’.
Democrat Chuck Schumer’s remarks are the most strident criticism yet by a senior American official of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza.
Seeing e-vehicles as ‘iPhone on wheels’ or cargo cranes as ‘Trojan horses’ yields never-ending cycle and ‘excessive anxiety’, says Ambassador Xie Feng.
Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, meets with Chinese Ambassador Fan Xianrong about a proposed conference to be held in Switzerland.