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In wide-ranging London talk, Hungary’s trade and foreign affairs chief explains why Western sanctions against Russia have badly backfired.
Chinese president did not avoid difficult questions from his French and EU counterparts, and visits to Serbia and Hungary reinforced established ties.
As in Hong Kong in 2019, the US-funded National Endowment for Democracy has fingerprints all over protests in Tbilisi.
Presidents Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron not only aired their bilateral differences, but also discussed terms of engagement for challenging days ahead.
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Talks on trade imbalances and Ukraine war await Chinese president as he first heads to France in pursuit of ‘pragmatic’ European policy, then Serbia and Hungary, before returning to host Vladimir Putin.
- North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile, hours after Kim Jong-un’s sister blasted as ‘fiction’ accusations’ her nation was exporting weapons to Russia
- Friday’s missile launches come at the same time as a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Chinese northeastern city of Harbin
Russia’s weeklong offensive in northeastern Ukraine is setting alarm bells ringing in Kyiv as President Volodymyr Zelensky and his generals rush to shore up their defences.
Tokyo said it was ‘extremely regrettable’ that Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had made an assertion ‘contrary to the facts’.
Readers discuss why the time is right for China to press Russia on unequal treaties signed during Soviet times, the ban on a Hong Kong protest song, and the pleasures of ‘zoning out’.
Ely Ratner, US Defence Department’s chief for Indo-Pacific security, expresses “serious concern” in video link with Major General Li Bin of China’s Central Military Commission.
Moscow and Beijing say they will expand their joint military exercises, conduct regular joint maritime and air patrols and work together on space programmes.
Bilateral trade, an important lifeline to Russia since it invaded Ukraine, is already at a record US$240 billion, with China its largest customer for crude oil.
The two leaders offer each other support on core issues amid questions about just how far their ‘no-limits’ ties can go.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was being treated in intensive care after he was shot five times in what the government called a politically motivated assassination attempt.
The leader was due to visit Spain and Portugal, but the visits are on hold as Kyiv faces what analysts describe as one of its most perilous moments in the war.
The Georgian parliament approved a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country’s aspirations to join the EU.
Blinken’s unannounced trip to Kyiv comes just weeks after US Congress finally approved a US$61 billion financial aid package for Ukraine after months of political wrangling.
Andrei Belousov, Russia’s new defence minister, has three great passions – art, the state and President Vladimir Putin.
Observers say India could strike a middle ground between Russia and the US, as Washington is also seen to be ‘gradual’ in its handling of allegations.
Finance deals made through smaller Chinese banks would help ‘resolve the threat of secondary sanctions’, according to fresh findings by a Renmin University institute.
“A Summer in the Red Scarf” tells the love story between two teen boys at a Soviet pioneer camp. Despite its success, the book’s authors were forced to flee Russia amid a crackdown on LGBTQ propaganda.
Israel’s Golan finished in a respectable 5th place at this weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest, despite pushback – so what do we know about the talented 20-year-old?
Russia’s defence ministry on Sunday claimed its troops had made deeper advances in the Kharkiv border region, ‘liberating’ a total of nine settlements over the weekend.
Several thousand Georgians gathered outside parliament in Tbilisi on Sunday night in a fresh protest against a Russian-styled ‘foreign agent’ bill.
Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better utilise the defence budget and harness greater innovation to win in Ukraine.
When Russian President Vladimir Putin visits China, many have predicted he will discuss the slow progress on the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline. Is the marquee project, watched closely by the West, still a go?
Moscow is making small advances in an area it was pushed back from in 2022, pressing its advantage amid delays in Western aid.
Opponents of the bill have dubbed it ‘the Russian law’, comparing it to legislation used to target critics of President Vladimir Putin.
Envoy who visited Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and UAE said to have encountered general agreement with Beijing’s push for restraint and direct dialogue.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a “fierce battle” was under way after Moscow launched a surprise new offensive on Friday morning.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was reappointed as head of the country’s government on Friday.
Eric Garcetti defends India’s role as check against China, pointing out its early TikTok ban and loss of soldiers along the disputed border.
