China’s President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that “reunification…is unstoppable” as he addressed the nation shortly after Beijing’s military announced the end of live-fire drills around Taiwan.
Iranian students staged street protests in Tehran, a day after the capital’s shopkeepers demonstrated against economic hardship and won a message of understanding from the president.
India has overtaken Japan as the world’s fourth-biggest economy — and officials hope to pass Germany within three years, the government’s end-of-year economic review calculates.
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday rebuffed accusations from Saudi Arabia that it was fanning the conflict in Yemen after Riyadh said it struck an Emirati weapons shipment destined for separatist forces.
Chair of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, on Tuesday demanded that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) withdraw its forces from Yemen within 24 hours, announcing the cancellation of the joint defense agreement between the two sides.
US President Donald Trump said Monday he was considering selling top-end F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, during a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who adamantly opposes the move.
US President Donald Trump warned Iran of fresh strikes and said Hamas would have “hell to pay” if it fails to disarm in the Gaza Strip, as he presented a united front with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.
Beijing’s top diplomat said Tuesday that China would “forcefully counter” large-scale US weapons sales to Taiwan, as its military kicked off a second day of live-fire drills around the island.
The Kremlin on Monday said it agreed with US President Donald Trump that talks to end the Ukraine war were in their final stage.
The United States is offering Ukraine “strong” security guarantees for an extendable period of 15 years but Kyiv wants a longer period, President Volodymyr Zelensky said a day after talks with President Donald Trump on ending the war with Russia.
