International Relations in India & Beyond
Setback to US-China relations The discovery of a Chinese spy balloon floating over the US has escalated into a political crisis, jeopardizing attempts to improve the strained relationship between the two nations. The US...
China’s state refiners are honouring existing Russian oil contracts but avoiding new ones despite steep discounts, heeding Beijing’s call for caution as western sanctions mount against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, six people...
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday raised concerns about China’s alignment with Russia in a seven-hour meeting with Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi as Washington warned of the isolation and penalties Beijing will...
The Winter Olympics torch relay kicked off in Beijing on Wednesday as China’s capital gears up to host the global sporting event against a backdrop of diplomatic boycotts and the coronavirus pandemic. More than...
Taiwan Vice President William Lai will transit in the United States when he visits Honduras next week, Taiwan’s presidential office said on Thursday, amid tensions with China which always complains to Washington about such...
Russia’s intervention in Kazakhstan contains a cautionary message for Gulf foreign ministers visiting Beijing this week. The intervention to stabilize the government of Kazakh President Kassym-Johart Tokayev, following mass protests, cemented Russia’s primacy when...
The Hong Kong government is expanding its use of a long-dormant sedition law in what some lawyers and democracy advocates say is intensifying a squeeze on press freedom. Evidence of the renewed reliance on...
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited India for the 21st India-Russia Annual Summit and it also marked the inaugural session of the first 2+2 Dialogue to strengthen the bilateral mechanism between the Foreign and Defence...
China and Nicaragua re-established diplomatic ties on Friday after the country broke relations with Chinese-claimed Taiwan, boosting Beijing in a part of the world long considered the United States’ backyard and angering Washington. China...
A Hong Kong court found three prominent pro-democracy activists guilty on Thursday of unauthorised assembly over a June 4 vigil last year to mark Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on protesters in and around Tiananmen Square....
