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Xi says China wants to work with Arab states to resolve hot spot issues
BEIJING -China wants to work with Arab nations to resolve hot spot issues in ways conducive to upholding fairness, justice and achieving...
May 30, 20242 min read


Reactions to the death of Iran's president in a helicopter crash
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a...
May 21, 20247 min read


Reactions to the crash of the Iranian president's helicopter
Following are reactions from foreign governments and officials to the news that a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and...
May 21, 20243 min read


Saudi king to undergo tests due to high fever, state news agency says
DUBAI - Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz will undergo medical tests on Sunday due to "high temperature and joint pain", state...
May 19, 20241 min read


Explainer-How might a US-Saudi civil nuclear deal work?
WASHINGTON -White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend for talks expected to touch on a...
May 19, 20243 min read


Putin to push growing Moscow-Beijing trade in China's northeast
BEIJING - After sealing pledges of a "new era" of strategic partnership with China's Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin on...
May 17, 20242 min read


China-Gulf free trade talks stall on Saudi industrial agenda, sources say
DUBAI - Negotiations between China and an Arab bloc for a free trade agreement have stalled over concerns by Saudi Arabia that cheap...
May 14, 20242 min read


How US allies are preparing for a possible second Trump term
BERLIN/MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON -Germany is waging a charm offensive inside the Republican Party. Japan is lining up its own Trump...
Apr 26, 20247 min read


India takes leading role in calling for multilateral bank reforms
United Nations, April 24 - As the Global South grapples with the ossified structure of the main multilateral development banks (MDBs),...
Apr 24, 20243 min read


Scholz warns Iran as attacks on Israel overshadow China trip
CHONGQING/BERLIN -Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Iran against further attacks on Israel on Sunday as the escalating conflict in the...
Apr 14, 20243 min read


Saudi crown prince meets Pakistani premier, stresses India-Pakistan dialogue
ISLAMABAD - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said dialogue was needed to resolve heightened friction between arch-rivals...
Apr 8, 20242 min read


Gulf Arab states test waters with Iraq investment
BAGHDAD/DOHA - In Baghdad's Green Zone, a heavily fortified legacy from Iraq's war-torn years, the glitzy Qatar-financed Rixos hotel...
Apr 4, 20244 min read
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