The Cosmos 2576 ‘inspector’ spacecraft is thought to be capable of attacking satellites in low Earth orbit.

America’s top diplomat describes Beijing as seeking ‘better relations with Europe’ while fuelling its ‘greatest security threat’ since the Cold War.

The exercises are taking place in Russia’s Southern Military District, which borders and includes parts of Ukraine that Moscow claims to have annexed.

Beijing and Moscow should ‘maintain security and stability in the common Chinese-Russian neighbourhood’, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says

US envoy accuses Russia of diplomatic gaslighting after launching a new ‘counterspace weapon’.

Chinese satnav industry hits US$74 billion output, has 20,000 market entities and employs nearly 1 million people: report.

The United States said that arch-enemy Iran sought assistance over a helicopter crash that killed president Ebrahim Raisi, as Washington meanwhile offered condolences.

US general gives briefing on US commitments to Ukraine after France opened the door to sending troops to train Kyiv’s forces.

Director Patryk Vega uses AI to put the ruler’s face on an actor’s body to create a biopic that depicts the ruler from age 10 up to his fictional death.

The ruling party, however, has a sufficient majority to override the veto, despite fears that the legislation will obstruct the country’s bid to join the EU.

Ukraine has struggled for months to replenish depleted forces, as Russian troops push ahead with a ground offensive that opened a new front in the northeast.

The Ukrainian president said his government will only accept a ‘fair peace’ to end the conflict despite the West’s calls for a quick solution.

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile toward waters off its east coast, hours after the outspoken sister of leader Kim Jong-un blasted as “fiction” accusations that her nation was exporting weapons to Russia.

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.