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China-U.S. Ties Still Have Great Potential to Grow: Chinese Diplomat

China-U.S. Ties Still Have Great Potential to Grow: Chinese Diplomat

May 27,2019

CHICAGO - There is still great potential and opportunity for China-U.S. relations to continue to grow, a Chinese diplomat said here Saturday...

Lithuania Presidential Hopefuls: Tone Down Russia Rhetoric

Lithuania Presidential Hopefuls: Tone Down Russia Rhetoric

May 27,2019

VILNIUS, Lithuania – Lithuanians are choosing a new president in a runoff vote between two candidates who both say they want to maintain a strict tone toward neighboring ...

Trump Arrives in Tokyo for State Visit, Golf and Sumo

Trump Arrives in Tokyo for State Visit, Golf and Sumo

May 26,2019

TOKYO — President Donald Trump needled Japan over the U.S.-Japan trade imbalance as he kicked off a state visit to the country Saturday that’s been tailor-made to his ...

The EUROASIA FORUM Discusses the Realization of Major Changes in The World Geopolitics

The EUROASIA FORUM Discusses the Realization of Major Changes in The World Geopolitics

May 26,2019

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - The annual Eurasian Media Forum conference started on May 22, and was raped up on May 24, in Almaty Kazakhstan. The conference started the opening ...

UK PM Theresa May Announces Resignation Amid Fury over Brexit Handling

UK PM Theresa May Announces Resignation  Amid Fury over Brexit Handling

May 25,2019

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Friday that she will resign -- ending her months-long struggle to keep her job despite seething anger from her own Conservative Party over her handling of Brexit...

North Korea Says It Won’t Resume Talks Unless US Changes Position

North Korea Says It Won’t Resume Talks  Unless US Changes Position

May 25,2019

PYONGYANG - North Korea on Friday said it will never resume nuclear talks with the U.S. unless the Trump administration modifies its position on unilateral demands ...

John Walker Lindh, American Ex-Taliban Militant, Set to Walk Free Thursday

John Walker Lindh, American Ex-Taliban Militant,  Set to Walk Free Thursday

May 23,2019

WASHINGTON - The Islamic militant who became known as the infamous  “American Taliban” member is set to be released from a U.S. federal prison Thursday despite ...

UN Disarmament Chief Says Risks of Nuclear-Weapons Use Higher Than Ever Since WWII

UN Disarmament Chief Says Risks of Nuclear-Weapons Use Higher Than Ever Since WWII

May 23,2019

UNITED NATION - The director of the UN disarmament think tank has said that the risks of a nuclear strike are now higher than ever since the World War II ended ...

Shanahan, Pompeo, Dunford to Brief US Congress on Iran Situation

Shanahan, Pompeo, Dunford  to Brief US Congress on Iran Situation

May 22,2019

TEHRAN - Both chambers of the US Congress are scheduled to be briefed amid the Trump administration’s escalating of tensions with Iran...

Milestone Deal on Civil Aviation to Enhance China-EU Cooperation

Milestone Deal on Civil Aviation  to Enhance China-EU Cooperation

May 22,2019

BRUSSELS - China and the European Union (EU) on Monday signed two agreements on civil aviation cooperation in Brussels.
The milestone deal meets ...

Bomb-Carrying Drone from Yemen Rebels Targets Saudi Airport

Bomb-Carrying Drone from Yemen Rebels Targets Saudi Airport

May 22,2019

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Iranian-allied Houthi rebels said Tuesday they attacked a Saudi airport and military base with a bomb-laden drone, an assault ...

If Tehran Wants to Fight, That’ll be The Official End of Iran, Trump Warns

If Tehran Wants to Fight, That’ll be  The Official End of Iran, Trump Warns

May 21,2019

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has warned Tehran that it would be “the official end” of the Islamic Republic if it threatens the US, just as Washington ...

Palestinians Give Cool Reception to US Peace Conference

Palestinians Give Cool Reception  to US Peace Conference

May 21,2019

JERUSALEM — The Palestinian prime minister said Monday that any American peace plan that ignores the Palestinian people’s political aspirations for ...

Anti-Arms Trade Protests as Saudi Freighter Docks in Italy

Anti-Arms Trade Protests as  Saudi Freighter Docks in Italy

May 21,2019

ROME – A Saudi Arabian freighter allegedly carrying weapons that could be used in the war in Yemen has docked at the Italian port of Genoa, despite protests ...

China Urges US to Abandon ‘Long Arm Jurisdiction’ & Show Restraint on Iran & Trade War Issues

China Urges US to Abandon ‘Long Arm Jurisdiction’  & Show Restraint on Iran & Trade War Issues

May 20,2019

BEIJING - Beijing has warned the US against taking the ongoing trade war “too far,” and once again criticized Washington’s unilateralist diplomacy, calling upon it to show ...

Former CIA Chief Brennan to Brief Dems on Iran

Former CIA Chief Brennan  to Brief Dems on Iran

May 20,2019

WASHINGTON — House Democrats will hear from former CIA director John Brennan about the situation in Iran, inviting him to speak next week amid heightened concerns over the Trump ...

Japanese Opposition Calls for Resignation of MP Who Suggested War with Russia over Kurils

Japanese Opposition Calls for Resignation of MP  Who Suggested War with Russia over Kurils

May 18,2019

TOKYO - Japanese legislators are preparing a resolution calling for the expulsion from the lower house of the National Diet of a lawmaker who suggested war was a way for ...

Indian Airbases in Kashmir on Alert amid Warning of Terrorist Attacks – Report

Indian Airbases in Kashmir on Alert amid  Warning of Terrorist Attacks – Report

May 18,2019

NEW DELHI - Two Indian airbases in Kashmir have been placed on high alert in response to a warning of planned terrorist attacks, reports say. One of the sites houses ...

Xi Says ‘No Clash’ of Civilisations amid US Trade War

Xi Says ‘No Clash’ of Civilisations  amid US Trade War

May 16,2019

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping declared Wednesday there was “no clash” of civilisations and denounced racial supremacy as “stupid” amid tensions ...

Iranian Presidential Aide Says Trump Will ‘Get A War’ for Listening to ‘The Mustache’ John Bolton

Iranian Presidential Aide Says Trump Will ‘Get A War’ for Listening to ‘The Mustache’ John Bolton

May 16,2019

TEHRAN - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s advisor assailed President Trump Tuesday, saying he will get a “war” for listening to National Security ...

Putin Looks Forward to Xi’s Russia Visit in June

Putin Looks Forward to Xi’s Russia Visit in June

May 15,2019

SOCHI - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that he looks forward to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Russia in June and the joint celebrations ...

Pompeo Ahead of Meeting Putin: We Need to ‘Find A Way Forward’ in US-Russia Relations

Pompeo Ahead of Meeting Putin: We Need to ‘Find A Way Forward’ in US-Russia Relations

May 15,2019

MOSCOW - Ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that it is their collective ...

China Says Will ‘Never Surrender’ as U.S. Trade Row Heats Up

China Says Will ‘Never Surrender’  as U.S. Trade Row Heats Up

May 14,2019

BEIJING - China will never surrender to external pressure, the government said on Monday, though stopped short of announcing how Beijing will hit back after Washington ...

Satellite Images of ‘Russian S-300 in US’ Spark Guessing Game

Satellite Images of ‘Russian S-300 in US’  Spark Guessing Game

May 14,2019

MOSCOW - Satellite photos that purport to show Soviet-made S-300PT air defense systems at a US military site have surfaced online, prompting various theories ...

China’s Benefits-For-All Initiative Makes It Main Engine of Global Economy, Expert Says

China’s Benefits-For-All Initiative Makes  It Main Engine of Global Economy, Expert Says

May 13,2019

CAIRO - The adoption of the principle of benefits for all through reviving the Silk Road makes China a main engine of the world economy, an Egyptian ...

Guaido Tells Supporters He Wants ‘Direct Relationship’ with Pentagon

Guaido Tells Supporters He Wants  ‘Direct Relationship’ with Pentagon

May 13,2019

CARACAS - Juan Guaido has asked his envoy in the US to meet with Pentagon officials to request “cooperation” in resolving Venezuela’s ...

US Deploying Even More Missiles to Middle East as Iran Saber-Rattling Reaches Fever Pitch

US Deploying Even More Missiles to Middle East  as Iran Saber-Rattling Reaches Fever Pitch

May 12,2019

WASHINGTON - The US is sending a battery of Patriot missiles to join the carrier strike group and bomber task force currently “protecting” American ...

Xi Congratulates Cortizo on Election as Panama’s President

Xi Congratulates Cortizo on Election  as Panama’s President

May 12,2019

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Laurentino Cortizo on his election as president of Panama.
In a congratulatory message sent ...

US Deploys B-52 Bombers to Qatar amid Iran Threat Hiatus

US Deploys B-52 Bombers to Qatar  amid Iran Threat Hiatus

May 11,2019

WASHINGTON - The US Air Force released images of B-52 Stratofortress bombers landing in Qatar. The deployment is part of a larger US military build-up in the region touted ...

US Seizes N. Korea’s 2nd Largest Bulk Carrier Ship amid Spiraling Tensions

US Seizes N. Korea’s 2nd Largest Bulk Carrier Ship amid Spiraling Tensions

May 11,2019

WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department has taken possession of North Korea’s second-largest freighter, seized in Indonesia last year for allegedly shipping coal in violation ...

South Africa Starts Voting amid Corruption, Unemployment

South Africa Starts Voting amid Corruption, Unemployment

May 09,2019

JOHANNESBURG – South Africans have started voting in presidential and parliamentary elections amid issues of corruption and unemployment...

US Lifts Sanctions for Venezuelan General Who Defied Maduro

US Lifts Sanctions for Venezuelan General  Who Defied Maduro

May 09,2019

CARACAS, Venezuela – The U.S. has lifted sanctions on a top Venezuelan general who broke ranks with President Nicolás Maduro, trying to help the opposition regain momentum ...

Satellite Images Show China Is Building Its Third and Largest Aircraft Carrier: Reports

Satellite Images Show China Is Building Its Third  and Largest Aircraft Carrier: Reports

May 08,2019

BEIJING - Images released by a Washington-based think-tank show construction on China’s third and largest aircraft carrier, activity analysts believe could ...

People Bring Flowers & Toys to Commemorate Superjet-100 Crash-Landing Victims

People Bring Flowers & Toys to Commemorate  Superjet-100 Crash-Landing Victims

May 08,2019

MOSCOW - The news of 41 deaths in the crash-landing of a Superjet-100 in Moscow stunned residents in the northern Russian city of Murmansk, where the plane was headed...

China Says It Won’t Take Part in Trilateral Nuclear Arms Talks

China Says It Won’t Take Part in  Trilateral Nuclear Arms Talks

May 07,2019

BEIJING - China on Monday dismissed a suggestion that it would talk with the United States and Russia about a new accord limiting nuclear arms, saying it would not take ...