One of the UK's top planning lawyers has said it would be "unlawful" for the government to grant planning permission for a Chinese "mega embassy" near the Tower of London.
The opinion, from Lord Banner KC, was submitted to the government on Monday, (...)
WASHINGTON — Governor of the Public Investment Fund said Saudi Arabia's economic transformation "could be greater" than what China achieved in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, as the sovereign investor leans on a "really good filtration process" to (...)
European leaders will visit the United States on Monday or Tuesday to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine, Donald Trump has said.
The US president added that he would also speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin "soon", as well as signalling (...)
The nightmare began with a phone call that would cost Anjali (not her real name) 58.5m rupees ($663,390).
The caller claimed to be from a courier company, alleging that Mumbai customs had seized a drug parcel she was sending to Beijing.
Anjali, a (...)
Work starts early for the fishermen of Chichiriviche de la Costa, a remote village on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, some two hours of unpaved driving from the capital Caracas.
On Thursday, Eduard Ulloa, 47, was at the shore before six in the (...)
The UK and its allies stand ready to support Ukraine before negotiations to end the war as well as to secure an eventual peace deal, the UK defence secretary says.
Ahead of a top-level meeting in Paris on Thursday, John Healey told the BBC in Kyiv (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korea's Kim Jong Un have sat down for formal talks in Beijing, a day after the pair and Russia's Vladimir Putin put on an unprecedented show of unity against the West at a massive military parade.
Xi and Kim began (...)
Donald Trump has rejected suggestions that the warming of relations between China, Russia and their allies poses a challenge to the US on the global stage.
The US president told reporters in the Oval Office that he had "a good relationship" with (...)
China's President Xi Jinping, speaking before a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II said on Wednesday that humanity today must choose between peace and war and between dialogue and confrontation.
The Chinese (...)
As the cannon fire echoed through Tiananmen Square, even before the first set of troops goose-stepped their way through Beijing's central avenue, the day's most enduring image unfolded.
China's President Xi Jinping welcomed North Korea's Kim Jong Un (...)
Hundreds of women wearing pink and wielding broomsticks marched to parliament in Indonesia's capital on Wednesday to protest against police abuses and wasteful government spending.
Protests in Jakarta and other key cities have stretched into their (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed a relationship with Beijing at an "unprecedentedly high level" on Tuesday, in his first formal talks with his host Xi Jinping since arriving in China on Sunday.
The meeting at the Great Hall of the People in (...)
The stage is set in the heart of Beijing for a grand display of power and military might that has been choreographed by President Xi Jinping.
Eight huge Chinese flags flutter and flank the portrait of Mao Zedong, the founder of Communist China, (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin openly blamed the West and NATO for his ongoing all-out war against Ukraine during his address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin on Monday.
Putin defended his full-scale invasion of Ukraine (...)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un examined a "newly inaugurated" missile production line on Sunday before a planned trip to Beijing to witness a massive military parade alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin.
During Sunday's inspection, Kim (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a veiled swipe at the United States on Monday as he criticized "bullying practices" and cast his country as a new leader of world governance, at a time when President Donald Trump's America First foreign policy is (...)
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has canceled a planned visit to China amid nationwide protests that turned violent over the weekend, leaving at least three people dead.
Presidential spokesman Prasetyo Hadi said Saturday that Prabowo chose to (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged Sunday to resolve border differences and strengthen cooperation, marking a thaw in relations ahead of a regional summit in northern China.
The meeting was Modi's first visit (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that relations between Russia and China have reached an "unprecedentedly high level," highlighting both economic and strategic dimensions of their partnership ahead of his four-day visit to China.
In an (...)
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing next week alongside Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's foreign ministry has said, in what will be a landmark visit.
This comes days after US President Donald Trump said he (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Investment Eng. Khalid Al-Falih is leading on Sunday a high-level Saudi delegation, heading for China on an official visit. Several government officials and business leaders are part of the delegation, which will continue its (...)
A railway bridge under construction in northwest China's Qinghai province collapsed early Friday, killing at least 12 workers and leaving four others missing, according to state media.
The accident occurred around 3 a.m. when a steel cable snapped (...)
Chinese ambassador to India Xu Feihong has said that Beijing "firmly opposes" Washington's steep tariffs on Delhi and called for greater co-operation between India and China.
Xu likened the US to a "bully", saying that it had long benefitted from (...)
President Xi Jinping urged unity on a surprise visit to Tibet, appearing before 20,000 people to mark 60 years since China created the autonomous region after annexing it.
In what is only his second presidential visit to the tightly-controlled (...)
India has successfully test-fired an indigenously developed intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead deep into the territory of its geopolitical rival, China, just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for his (...)
