New Delhi India and China registered a positive step in their strained relationship on Monday after visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar that Beijing will resume the supply of fertilizers, rare earth minerals, and tunnel boring machines (TBMs) — critical for India’s agriculture and infrastructure sectors. During their…
Washington, Aug. 17, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping assured him China would not attempt to invade Taiwan while Trump remains in office. Speaking in an interview with Fox News ahead of his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s war in Ukraine, Trump said the Taiwan…
Beijing, China 16 August, 2025 Beijing on Friday voiced opposition to Western nations’ threat of reimposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, stressing that such a move would undermine diplomatic efforts. Foreign Ministers from the E3 group — Britain, France, and Germany — warned earlier this week that sanctions could be reinstated if no…
Amid uncertainty in trade relations with the United States, India is set to intensify diplomatic engagements with Russia and China in the coming days. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will visit Moscow on August 21 to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, with talks expected to cover bilateral priorities and cooperation in multilateral forums. The…
China’s navy says it expelled a U.S. Navy destroyer from its territorial waters in the South China Sea, accusing Washington of violating its sovereignty. The U.S., however, rejected the claim, insisting the operation was lawful under international law. According to the People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater Command, the USS Higgins “illegally intruded” into waters around…
China and the United States have agreed to delay higher tariffs on each other’s imports for an additional 90 days, just hours before a trade truce between the world’s two largest economies was set to expire on Tuesday. On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending the suspension of additional tariffs on…