Beijing said on Thursday the United States’s latest moves to expand export controls and levy new port fees on Chinese ships have been “profoundly detrimental” to trade talks between the two superpowers.
Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz will press the European Union to leverage frozen Russian assets to provide 140 billion euros ($163 billion) of loans to Ukraine, he said on Thursday.
China said on Thursday that its purchases of Russian oil were “legitimate” and decried “unilateral bullying” by the United States, as President Donald Trump pushes countries to stop buying fuel from Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire on Wednesday, the foreign ministry in Islamabad said, after dozens of troops and civilians were killed earlier in a fresh round of border skirmishes.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday he was “optimistic” about trade talks with Beijing, following a new surge in trade tensions over rare earth exports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday, said that Russian-Syrian relations have remained strong for more than 80 years.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will ask Russia to hand over former ruler Bashar al-Assad during his first visit to Moscow on Wednesday, a government official said.
Fifteen civilians were killed and dozens wounded in fresh clashes on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Afghan officials said on Wednesday.
An elite Madagascar military unit said on Tuesday that it had taken power in the country after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty.
The United States, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey signed a declaration on Monday as the guarantors of a Gaza deal aimed at ending two years of war.
