Beijing: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir visited the headquarters of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and met its commander on Wednesday. They discussed regional stability and military cooperation. The army chief, who is in China on a four-day official visit, arrived in the
Beijing: China and India held the 18th round of Corps Commander Level Meeting, a move Chinese experts said showed that the border issue is shifting from a standoff to normalized management. The militaries of China and India held a deep exchange of views on resolving the
Washington: China and Iran are becoming increasingly brazen in their attempts to silence dissidents on American soil and influence U.S. policy, the FBI warned on Thursday. In a news briefing with reporters about transnational repression, FBI counterintelligence officials urged victims to come forward, saying the bureau
New Delhi: India is on its way to become the world’s most populous country, overtaking China with almost three million more people in the middle of this year, data released on Wednesday by the United Nations showed. The demographic data from the United Nations Population Fund’s
Beijing: China's foreign minister told his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts his country is ready to help facilitate peace talks, state media Xinhua reported Tuesday. The separate phone calls between Foreign Minister Qin Gang and the Israeli and the Palestinian top diplomats comes amid recent moves by
Karuizawa, Japan: Top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are vowing a tough stance on China’s increasing threats to Taiwan and on North Korea’s unchecked tests of long-range missiles, while building momentum on ways to boost support for Ukraine and punish Russia for
Beijing: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock urged Beijing Friday to ask "the Russian aggressor to stop the war" in Ukraine, saying "no other country has more influence on Russia than China". Speaking after a meeting with her Chinese counterpart Qin Gang in Beijing, Baerbock said she
Beijing: China firmly opposed a visit by India’s interior minister to Arunachal Pradesh and views his activities in the area as violating Beijing’s territorial sovereignty and it is not conducive to peace and tranquility in the border area. “Southern Tibet is China’s territory. The activities of
Beijing: China expressed deep concerns over Israeli police clashes with Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and called on all parties, Israel in particular, to show calm and restraint and immediately stop all words and deeds that might heighten tensions, in order to prevent
Riyadh: After the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia met two days ago as a result of a major Chinese-mediated deal, official representatives from Saudi Arabia and Oman are planning to visit Yemen next week to hold talks regarding a permanent ceasefire with Iranian-backed