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 (...)
North Korea is opening a beach resort that its leader Kim Jong Un hopes will boost tourism in the secretive communist regime, state media reports.
Wonsan Kalma on the east coast will open to domestic tourists on 1 July, six years after it was due to (...)
As part of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 ongoing efforts to strengthen its industrial sector and localize high-value manufacturing, Petromin Corporation, Foton, the Ministry of Investment, and the National Industrial Development Center signed a (...)
Oil prices have hit their lowest in two weeks after Israel agreed to US President Donald Trump's proposal for a ceasefire with Iran.
But business leaders at a key economic meeting in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin find themselves troubled (...)
A British aircraft carrier has docked in Singapore on a rare Indo-Pacific deployment which will see it call on Australia, Japan, Korea and take part in several multinational exercises.
HMS Prince of Wales' visit comes weeks after two Chinese (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's merchandise exports amounted to SR90.3 billion in April this year, marking a 10.9 percent decrease compared to April 2024. Non-oil exports, including re-exports, recorded an increase of 24.6 percent, reaching SR28.4 billion, (...)
BEIJING — Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan will head Saudi Arabia's delegation participating in the 10th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), to be held from June 24 to 26, 2025, in (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's trade balance recorded a surplus exceeding SR63 billion during the first quarter of 2025, achieving a growth of 52 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, when the surplus exceeded SR41 billion, according to data from (...)
China has called for greater international efforts to defuse international tensions affecting the global economy amid jitters over Iranian threats to block the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's parliament endorsed closing the Strait, a critical global trade (...)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping routes.
His comments came after Iran's state-run Press TV reported that parliament had approved a (...)
The United States and Israel on Sunday at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) strongly defended their military action targeting Iran's nuclear sites, saying the regime in Tehran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.
Their remarks came (...)
Iran's parliament has approved a preliminary measure to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, though a final decision rests with the country's top national security authority, Iranian media reported Sunday, amid rising tensions following U.S. (...)
Hundreds of Chinese workers, students and tourists have fled or been evacuated from Iran to neighboring countries as the conflict with Israel spirals.
Masa Li, a 24-year-old Chinese citizen who has lived and worked in Tehran for the past few years, (...)
China dispatched 74 military aircraft towards the Taiwan Strait between late Thursday and early Friday, with 61 of them crossing its median line, the Taiwanese defence ministry has said.
The incursion, which represents one of the largest in recent (...)
A Chinese PhD student named by police as "one of the most prolific predators" in the UK has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 24 years.
Zhenhao Zou, a Chinese national, drugged and raped three women in London and another seven in China (...)
A Chinese naval drill near Japan has sparked concern from Tokyo, which in recent days lodged a protest with Beijing and made the rare decision to publicly disclose Chinese military movements.
In the last few weeks China's two aircraft carriers, the (...)
TikTok will live on for at least another three months in the United States, as President Donald Trump is poised to extend a sale or ban deadline for the third time since taking office this year.
"President Trump will sign an additional Executive (...)
BEIJING — Saudi Arabia inaugurated its pavilion at the 2025 Beijing International Book Fair, which kicked off at the China National Convention and Exhibition Center on Wednesday. The pavilion is arranged by the Literature, Publishing and Translation (...)
