The head of the British armed forces has visited China for the first time in a decade.
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin discussed "issues of common concern" with China's military leaders in Beijing, its defense ministry said in a short statement.
"We agreed (...)
Panama promotes itself "as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe" but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and its namesake canal that joins the Atlantic to the Pacific have become the setting for a bitter clash between the world's (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says at least 155 Chinese citizens are fighting for Russia in the war.
His comments come after two Chinese fighters were captured earlier this week, marking Kyiv's first official allegation that China was (...)
Australia has swiftly turned down China's offer to "join hands" against Donald Trump's tariffs, as Washington escalates its trade war with Beijing.
The White House recently imposed an import tax of 10% on Australian goods, but for China — (...)
A Meta whistleblower told US senators on Wednesday that the company undermined national security in order to build a $18 billion business in China.
At a congressional hearing, Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former global public policy director at Facebook, (...)
Kseniia Petrova's path from a Harvard laboratory to an immigration cell began with frogs.
The Russian national who has been working as a researcher at Harvard Medical School failed to declare "non-hazardous" frog embryos she was carrying with her on (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) index opened trading on Thursday with a four percent increase, rising more than 400 points above the 11,500-point level, with trading valued at nearly SR1 billion.
The rises were led by ADES Holding, ACWA (...)
شارك المخرج السعودي عبدالله المحيسن كضيف شرف رئيس في الدورة التاسعة والعشرين من مهرجان هونغ كونغ الدولي للأفلام والتلفزيون، ذلك ضمن فعالية "حوار الحضارات بين الصين والعالم العربي"، التي نظّمتها "China Daily"، حيث قال المحيسن: "لسنا بحاجة إلى مترجم (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has achieved a new global milestone in artificial intelligence, as highlighted in the AI Index Report 2025 by Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). In addition to leading globally in (...)
Iran is ready to engage with the US at talks on Saturday over its nuclear program "with a view to seal a deal", its Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said.
But US President Donald Trump must first agree there can be no "military option", Araghchi (...)
Ukrainian forces have captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting for the Russian army in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
He said on Tuesday that intelligence suggested the number of Chinese soldiers in (...)
Elon Musk has called President Donald Trump's trade adviser, Peter Navarro, a "moron" over comments he made about his electric vehicle firm, Tesla.
Musk — who is also a member of the Trump administration — said Navarro was "dumber than a sack of (...)
China has called for the world to unite against Trump's tariffs as the country's exporters reel from crippling new US levies that have risen to 104%.
"Global unity can triumph over trade tyranny," declared an editorial in the state-run newspaper (...)
Twenty people have been killed in a fire at a nursing home in north-east China, state media report.
The blaze in Chengde city, Hebei province, broke out on Tuesday night local time and was extinguished in about two hours.
Nineteen people survived (...)
China's finance ministry has announced an 84% tariff on goods imported from the US as it retaliates against new levies imposed by the White House.
The hike in tariffs, from 34%, came as US President Donald Trump's 104% tariff on Chinese goods came (...)
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday paused his controversial tariff plan for most nations for 90 days while significantly increasing tariffs on Chinese imports to 125%.
The abrupt shift comes amid a growing backlash from business leaders, allies, (...)
The US and Iran will hold "direct talks" over a possible nuclear deal on Saturday, says Donald Trump.
The meeting has also been confirmed by Iran's foreign minister who said the talks would be "indirect" but could be "as much an opportunity as it is (...)
Donald Trump has threatened China with an extra 50% tariff on goods imported into the US if it does not withdraw its 34% counter-tariff, as global markets continue to fall.
Beijing retaliated on Sunday, following last week's decision by Trump to (...)
A "miracle" baby girl has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother using a donated womb.
The baby's mum, Grace Davidson, 36, was born without a functioning uterus, and received her sister's womb in 2023 – in what was then the UK's (...)
China declared it would "fight to the end" after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose an additional 50% in tariffs on all Chinese imports. The trade war between the world's two largest economies intensified, with both sides showing little (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) closed 117 points (1.1 percent) higher at 11,194 points on Monday, the highest close since December 2024. Total turnover reached about SR 10.6 billion on Monday.
The Saudi stock (...)
Asian markets plunged on Monday, deepening a global stocks rout triggered by US President Donald Trump's trade war and China's forceful response to unexpectedly high tariffs.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei fell by more than 8% shortly after opening, while (...)
The dramatic arrest of the Philippines' controversial former president in March sent shock waves through much of the world – and cast a renewed spotlight on the other leaders wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Former Philippine (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's U-17 national team has officially secured a place in the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup, set to be hosted in Qatar later this year, after reaching the quarter-finals of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup, currently taking place in the (...)
