Taiwan's capital Taipei came to a standstill on Thursday as the island held one of its largest-ever civil defence exercises against possible Chinese invasion.
Air raid sirens rang out across the metropolitan area and in some areas residents sought (...)
RIYADH — The Museums Commission announced that the traveling exhibition "Art of the Kingdom: Poetic Visions" will open at the National Museum of China in Beijing on July 30, marking a cultural milestone in celebration of Saudi Arabia and China's (...)
Scientists say they can study our bodies as we age in greater detail than ever before, thanks to more than a billion scans of UK volunteers.
The world's biggest human imaging project says it has now hit its target of scanning the brains, hearts and (...)
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is set to meet with US President Donald Trump this week after the US leader announced plans to sell advanced weaponry to NATO allies for eventual transfer to Ukraine.
Rutte will be in Washington on Monday and (...)
Once designated a quarantine facility during the Covid pandemic, a sprawling site in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong, is set to be home to a youth hostel for thousands of young people, as the city deals with a housing crisis.
The project in Kai Tak, (...)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese began a high-profile visit to China over the weekend, aiming to strengthen trade ties and deepen bilateral cooperation amid improving relations between the two countries.
Albanese met on Sunday with (...)
MOSCOW — Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar AlKhorayef held a series of high-level meetings with executives from leading Russian industrial and mining companies during his official visit to the Russian Federation, aimed at (...)
USPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50% starting August 1, according to a letter he sent to the country's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In the letter posted on Truth Social, Trump alleged Lula (...)
A North Korean defector is filing civil and criminal charges against the country's leader Kim Jong Un for abuses she faced while detained in the country.
Choi Min-kyung fled the North to China in 1997 but was forcibly repatriated in 2008. She said (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron urged the UK to stick close to its neighbors on Tuesday despite its exit from the European Union, saying both countries will "save Europe" by standing for democracy, law and international order in a dangerous (...)
RIO DE JENEIRO — On behalf of Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan is leading Saudi Arabia's delegation in the 17th BRICS Summit 2025, which began in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (...)
The BRICS group of nations condemned the increase in tariffs and the recent Iran conflict, but refrained from pointing a finger at US President Donald Trump at their summit in Brazil on Sunday
The group's declaration, which also took aim at Israeli (...)
China announced on Sunday that it will restrict European Union medical device companies from selling to the Chinese government, in a retaliatory move against recent EU procurement restrictions targeting Chinese firms.
According to a statement from (...)
For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet's struggle for greater freedoms under Chinese Communist Party rule, sustaining the cause from exile even as an increasingly powerful Beijing has become ever more (...)
Russia has become the first nation to recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan since it took power in 2021, announcing on Thursday it has accepted an ambassador from the Islamist group.
"We believe that the act of official recognition of the (...)
Two alleged fraudsters accused of swindling an elderly woman out of tens of thousands of dollars in cash have been arrested by Australian police investigating a spate of "Chinese blessing scams."
Chinese blessing scams have been reported worldwide (...)
The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a flashpoint in the struggle with China's Communist Party over Tibet's future.
Tibetan Buddhism's spiritual leader made (...)
Lithuania and the Philippines signed an agreement on Monday to build a security alliance resulting from their mutual alarm over what they perceive as growing aggression threatening their regions by countries such as China.
The memorandum of (...)
On the wall of the League of Social Democrats office, the Chinese characters for freedom are spelt out with court admission slips.
Members of the party take turns speaking into a microphone connected to a loudspeaker. They stand in front of a banner (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Commerce and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority of Foreign Trade (GAFT) Dr. Majed Al-Qasabi issued a decision to impose final anti-dumping duties on imports of longitudinally welded circular (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Culture and the China-Arab Cultural and Tourism Cooperation Research Center signed on Sunday an executive program aimed at further strengthening collaboration between Saudi Arabia and China in the cultural field.
The (...)
A World Health Organization (WHO) expert group tasked with investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has released its final report, concluding that the origins of the virus remain inconclusive despite more than three years of scientific (...)
India has refused to sign a joint statement at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China as it did not reflect the country's concerns on terrorism, India's foreign ministry has said.
Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday (...)
BEIJING — Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan emphasized the importance of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) enhancing its support for low-income countries. "The special funds provided by the bank are effective resources that (...)
