The absence of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum from the 30th Ibero-American Summit in Madrid has dealt a setback to Spain’s diplomatic efforts to restore
China is expanding its scientific collaboration with Iran into the strategically sensitive field of rare earths, including processing technologies that Beijing has increasingly sought to protect from overseas transfer. The National Natural
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Colombia has yet to activate international rescue assistance offered by several countries following Monday’s devastating earthquake, with the newly installed government of President Abelardo de la Espriella declining or delaying requests for
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India has described incidents along its disputed border with China as “most serious”, warning that the condition of the frontier will directly affect the wider relationship between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. The
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Myanmar’s military is increasingly using drones, motorised paragliders and other low-cost aircraft to attack civilians, according to United Nations investigators, highlighting the widening use of improvised and inexpensive aerial weapons as the
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Taiwan has condemned planned Chinese navy drills involving an Indonesian warship off its east coast, accusing Beijing of attempting to create a false impression internationally that it exercises jurisdiction over waters east
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North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese authorities said, days before major joint military exercises between
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US President Donald Trump reportedly travelled secretly aboard a US military aircraft from Turkey to Britain last month after what US media described as a credible assassination threat from Iran, rather than
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Vietnam has begun construction of what it describes as the country’s largest and most advanced domestically made anti-submarine frigate, marking a significant step in its effort to expand national defence manufacturing and
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North Korea is seeking to attract Russian holidaymakers to its newly built Wonsan-Kalma coastal resort, but the number of visitors remains small, offering a glimpse into an ambitious tourism project where foreign
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Beijing is preparing for an intense spell of rainfall expected to deliver more than one-third of the Chinese capital’s average annual precipitation within 24 hours, as moisture from Typhoon Dolphin converges with
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Taiwan’s Cabinet is expected to approve next year’s central government budget on August 20, with defence spending projected to exceed NT$1.1 trillion (US$34.07 billion) and a further NT$240 billion earmarked for a
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Some 1,500 couples have married in a mass wedding organised by the government of Kano State in northern Nigeria, in a programme intended to help people who might otherwise be unable to
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India has formally assigned standard names to 27 places and geographical features in Arunachal Pradesh, in a move presented by the Government of India as a response to China’s successive efforts to
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The Chinese government-installed “11th Panchen Lama”, Gyaltsen Norbu, met Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) Party Secretary Wang Junzheng on August 3, with the meeting focusing on political loyalty, national unity, religious policy and
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Mexico and Peru have restored diplomatic relations after four years of political confrontation, opening a new chapter between the two Latin American countries despite Mexico’s continued support for former Peruvian president Pedro
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