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Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart Donald Trump that mishandling the Taiwan issue could trigger "clashes and even conflicts" between the two countries, as the leaders held wide-ranging talks on the Iran war, energy security and trade Thursday. After concluding the first...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump visited the Temple of Heaven in Beijing Thursday. Xi greeted Trump outside the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. The leaders had a photo taken in front of the Hall and took a tour of...

New Delhi: Air India’s flight cuts triggered by the Iran-US conflict and Pakistan’s airspace ban are benefiting foreign carriers such as Lufthansa Group and Cathay Pacific, which are expanding services in India, one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation markets. With routes through the Middle East...

Riga: Latvian center-right Prime Minister Evika Silina announced her resignation Thursday, according to the Baltic News Service. Her resignation came after the left-wing Progressive Party, part of the governing coalition, said Wednesday it was withdrawing its support for the government, leaving Silina without a majority....

Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has denied reports of a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the country, noting that reports claiming that the UAE had received the Israeli prime minister or any Israeli military delegation were false. In a statement...

Kyiv: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha tied an overnight attack on Kyiv to the Xi-Trump summit, saying the assault proved Russia was a threat to international security. At the very time when leaders of the most powerful countries are meeting in Beijing, and the world...

Taipei: Taiwan said it is grateful for the long-term support of the United States after Xi warned Trump Thursday about potential "clashes and even conflicts" over the self-ruled island China claims as its own. "The government views all actions that contribute to regional stability and...

Washington: US Air Force officials have told lawmakers that they are urgently studying a successor to the MQ-9 Reaper drone after recent combat operations exposed both the platform’s battlefield value and its vulnerabilities, a development closely watched by India, which has purchased MQ-9B drones from...

London: Senior diplomat P Kumaran Wednesday assumed charge as India's High Commissioner-designate to the UK. A 1992-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Kumaran was until recently Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He succeeds Vikram Doraiswami, who has taken over as India's...

Kyiv: More than 100 Russian drones targeted areas of Ukraine Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, hours after another barrage of missiles killed at least eight people. "Russia continues its strikes and is doing so brazenly - deliberately targeting our railway infrastructure and civilian sites in...