Category: Conflict

By Ryan Woo The international rule of law must be upheld for peace and stability to prevail in the Middle East, China's President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, in a rebuke of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China on Tuesday for talks on the wars in Ukraine and Iran as well as bilateral ties. Lavrov was shown on Russian state television arriving in Beijing where is expected to hold talks with ...

Conversations on China, Africa, and global power at the heart of the American policy establishment are increasingly shaped by insular narratives. What emerges is a portrait of a U.S. policy ecosystem struggling to reconcile its ambitions with shifting global dynamics. From ...

China on Monday called reports it had supplied or intended to supply weapons to Iran "baseless smears", after several outlets quoted U.S. intelligence sources to that effect. On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Beijing with a "staggering" new tariff ...

By Gleb Bryanski Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, should create joint food reserves with fellow BRICS members and former Soviet neighbours to counter the risks to global food security stemming from the conflict in the Middle ...

China said a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would go against the international community's interests and urged calm and restraint by all sides. The U.S. military said it will begin a ​blockade of all maritime traffic entering ...

The Philippines discovered cyanide on Chinese boats operating around a disputed atoll in the South China Sea, security officials from the country said on Monday. Authorities said laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the highly toxic substance in bottles seized by the Philippine navy ...

By Shaun Tandon For decades, the United States has cast itself as the guarantor of stability in the Middle East, allying militarily with Gulf Arab states as well as Israel and brushing aside global rival China's aspirations for a greater role. ...

China appears to have played a more important role in the Iran cease-fire push than Beijing is publicly admitting, with Donald Trump saying he believed China helped bring Tehran to the table and Chinese officials later saying they had made their “own efforts” to support a truce.

By Faith BROWN The Philippine Coast Guard unveiled on Thursday its first dedicated command centre in the Spratly island chain, a flashpoint in the disputed South China Sea that has been the site of repeated confrontations with Chinese vessels.

China said on Wednesday it welcomed a ceasefire in the Middle East, underlining its role in encouraging a deal between the United States and Iran to pause hostilities for two weeks. Tehran has agreed to temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz, ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to avoid any escalation in their armed conflict, during talks hosted by China in recent days, Beijing said Wednesday. The neighbours and one-time allies have been locked in violent confrontation over claims from Islamabad that ...