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WASHINGTON: The Maldives hopes to see the United States open a first embassy in the country at the end of the year, or early next, and the Indian Ocean state...

BEIJING: Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev will hold security consultations and meetings during a two-day visit to China starting Sunday (Sep 18), China's foreign ministry said. Patrushev will attend...

CHERBOURG: Two ships carrying reprocessed nuclear fuel destined for Japan set sail Saturday morning (Sep 17) from northern France, an AFP photographer said, despite criticism from environmental campaigners. The fuel...

WASHINGTON: The United States and South Korea on Friday (Sep 16) denounced North Korea's first-use nuclear doctrine unveiled this month as "escalatory and destabilising" and Washington vowed to continue to...

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that now "is not a time for war" on Friday (Sep 16) on the sidelines of a regional...

Formally called the Lithuanian Trade Office in Taipei, it comes under Zemaitis' ministry and is headed by Paulius Lukauskas, previously an adviser to prime minister Ingrida Simonyte. China has repeatedly...

Let's get you up to speed with the day's stories. A massive fire engulfed a high-rise office building in downtown Changsha, capital of China's southern province of Hunan, on Friday...

Let's get you up to speed with the day's stories. A massive fire engulfed a high-rise office building in downtown Changsha, capital of China's southern province of Hunan, on Friday...

BEIJING: China will impose sanctions on the CEOs of Boeing Defence and Raytheon over their involvement in Washington's latest arms sales to Taiwan, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday...

SINGAPORE: China’s President Xi Jinping trod carefully around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday (Sep 15), in a delicate balancing act that analysts...