• FM: Pressures not to leave US desired impacts on Iran

    FM: Pressures not to leave US desired impacts on Iran

    Oct 23, 2018 10:31

    Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined efforts by Europe, India, China and Russia to help Tehran nullify the US sanctions, saying that the Americans will fail to achieve their desirable objectives with regard to Tehran.

  • The latest developments in relations between the USA and China

    The latest developments in relations between the USA and China

    Oct 23, 2018 10:04

    The change in the relationship between the two leading world powers (the USA and China) is a key factor in the situation, not just in the Indo-Pacific, but in the world as a whole.

  • US ready to bolster nuclear arsenal: Trump

    US ready to bolster nuclear arsenal: Trump

    Oct 23, 2018 08:39

    President Donald Trump has said the United States is ready to bolster its nuclear arsenal after announcing it is ditching a Cold War-era nuclear weapons agreement with Russia.

  • Thousands in Taiwan demand vote to declare formal independence

    Thousands in Taiwan demand vote to declare formal independence

    Oct 20, 2018 10:40

    Thousands in Taiwan’s capital of Taipei have rallied in support of a referendum on declaring formal independence from Beijing.

  • China calls for multilateralism, free trade system with EU

    China calls for multilateralism, free trade system with EU

    Oct 20, 2018 10:20

    China has called for the strengthening of ties with the European Union (EU) amid a worsening trade dispute with the United States, saying that the two sides need to collectively and firmly safeguard multilateralism and a free trade system based on international rules.

  • Iran ships major oil cargo to China

    Iran ships major oil cargo to China

    Oct 20, 2018 10:19

    Iran has sent a major cargo of oil to China before the US threat to impose illegal economic sanctions meant to target the country's oil exports.

  • China to hold first naval drill with ASEAN nations in South China Sea

    China to hold first naval drill with ASEAN nations in South China Sea

    Oct 19, 2018 10:05

    China is preparing to hold its first joint maritime exercise with the navies of ten South Asian nations next week in an effort to ease rising tensions in the disputed South China Sea, Singapore says.

  • A coming US-China showdown in the South China Sea?

    A coming US-China showdown in the South China Sea?

    Oct 19, 2018 05:59

    The rising tensions between the US and China as a result of the Trade War started by the quixotic American president Donald Trump which has already taken the shape of a cold war, could spiral out of control into a military conflict in view of Washington’s intrusion into the traditional zone of Chinese influence.

  • US refrains from calling China a currency manipulator

    US refrains from calling China a currency manipulator

    Oct 18, 2018 09:45

    The US government has again decided not to brand China a currency manipulator despite growing trade tensions after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Chinese exports to try to reduce the massive US trade deficit with China and contain Beijing’s growing power.

  • US refrains from calling China a currency manipulator

    US refrains from calling China a currency manipulator

    Oct 18, 2018 05:40

    The US government has again decided not to brand China a currency manipulator despite growing trade tensions after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Chinese exports to try to reduce the massive US trade deficit with China and contain Beijing’s growing power.