JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump’s senior envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Israel for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s military chief, two senior Israeli officials said on Monday. The officials said Witkoff’s visit to the country was expected to begin on Tuesday. It comes amid heightened regional tensions with Iran, and […]
Read MoreRussian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that Moscow continues to support Beijing over Taiwan, state news agency TASS reported on Sunday. China and Russia have forged close ties in recent years and declared a “no limits” strategic partnership days before Russian President Vladimir Putin sent tens of thousands of […]
Read MoreSHANGHAI: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrapped up a four-day trip to China on Saturday, after his bid to forge closer ties prompted warnings from US President Donald Trump. Starmer’s visit was the first to China by a British prime minister in eight years, following in the footsteps of other Western leaders looking to counter […]
Read MoreTOKYO: Britain and Japan agreed to strengthen defense and economic ties, visiting Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday, after his bid to forge closer links with China drew warnings from US President Donald Trump. Starmer noted that Japan and Britain were the leading economies in a trans-Pacific that includes fellow G7 member Canada, as […]
Read MoreWhen Türkiye and Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the mining sector at the end of January 2026, the agreement initially looked familiar: another bilateral document added to the long list of accords that usually accompany high-level presidential visits. Such memoranda are common in diplomacy, often signaling goodwill rather than immediate […]
Read MoreBy Maria Siow Russia’s call to revive a troika with China and India is unlikely to be greeted with enthusiasm by New Delhi, with critics pointing to tense border stand-offs and India’s reluctance to be seen as part of an “anti-West” grouping. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier this month lauded Moscow’s bilateral ties with […]
Read MoreChina agreed to relax rules to allow some visa-free travel for British citizens on Thursday (29 January) during a visit by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Beijing, as part of a partnership deal which London hopes will help expand its service sector. British citizens will be allowed to visit China without a visa if they […]
Read MoreKyodo Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his South Korean counterpart Ahn Gyu Back decided on Friday to step up personnel exchanges between their forces amid mounting regional security challenges. At the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (MSDF) base in Koizumi’s hometown of Yokosuka, near Tokyo, the two agreed to hold annual reciprocal visits, as ties between […]
Read MoreUzbek specialists are set to join the construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, marking a new phase in labor and energy cooperation between Uzbekistan and Türkiye. Three regions of Uzbekistan will open professional skills assessment centers jointly with Türkiye, operating under Turkish standards. During an official visit to Türkiye, head of the Uzbek Migration Agency […]
Read MoreIndia continues to monitor reports of incidents of attacks against minorities in Bangladesh, including on their homes, properties, businesses and places of worship, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh has told the upper House of Indian parliament. Replying to a question by CPI(M) MP John Brittas in the Rajya Sabha yesterday […]
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