Category: Conflict

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 ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan made "useful" progress in talks in China to resolve the conflict that broke out between the South Asian neighbors last October, the Taliban administration in Kabul said on Tuesday. The two Muslim countries have been 

China is willing to continue to cooperate with Russia at the U.N. Security Council and make efforts to cool down the Middle East situation, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone call on Sunday. Wang said ...

By David Brunnstrom and John Irish The U.N. Security Council is to vote on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said on Friday, but veto-wielding China made clear its opposition to authorizing ...

Negotiations between Afghanistan and Pakistan are advancing steadily, China said on Friday, following reports that the South Asian neighbours were meeting there to try to end their worst conflict since ‌the Taliban returned to power in 2021. China, which shares a western border ...

China's foreign minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran were a violation of international law, Chinese state media reported, as he held calls with his EU, German and Saudi counterparts. Wang also stressed that ...

China is coming under sharper pressure to do more in the Strait of Hormuz as the waterway’s disruption drags on and outside powers increasingly point to Beijing’s energy stake in the crisis. French Navy chief Admiral Nicolas Vaujour said China’s current approach—limited ...

Chinese ships are again moving through the Strait of Hormuz, but only in a narrow and uneven way that underscores how far traffic remains from prewar norms. Two COSCO-linked container ships exited the Gulf on Monday after an earlier aborted attempt, becoming ...

China can survive without the Strait of Hormuz because it has built a broader energy cushion than most Asian importers, even though it still buys more oil through the waterway than any other country. China imported about 5.4 million barrels per ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan are holding talks in China to try to find a way to end months of conflict sparked by cross-border attacks, two officials from Islamabad told AFP on Wednesday. The meeting in the northwestern city of Urumqi follows Pakistan's ...

Two Chinese container ships sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday on their second attempt to leave the Gulf after turning back on Friday, ship-tracking data showed. The critical waterway has effectively been shut since the U.S.-Israeli war ...

The Iran war has been a real education in how global orders change. The system built on the immutable logic of oil and gas trade seemed as solid as a continent. Now it looks as wobbly as a Jenga tower. While ...