International Relations

Analysts say China will be forced to dig in for a prolonged multi-front battle with the U.S. U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence’s accusations in a stinging speech on Thursday, warning of a tougher approach towards Beijing may have been familiar to China’s leaders. But until now such remarks were delivered in …

German Chancellor was on a day-long visit to Israel Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke of Germany’s “everlasting responsibility” to oppose anti-Semitism during a visit to Israel on Thursday as she and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed past their differences and promoted cooperation between their nations. The one-day visit by Ms. Merkel …

Tiny chips inserted in U.S. computer equipment manufactured in China were used as part of a vast effort by Beijing to steal U.S. technology secrets, a report said on Thursday. The Bloomberg News report said the chips, the size of a grain of rice, were used on equipment made for …

It’s seen as a symbol of ‘military aggression’ South Korea on Thursday reiterated a demand that Japan remove its “rising sun” naval flag from a warship participating in an international fleet review at Jeju island next week. Many South Koreans associate the symbol with Japanese military aggression during the Second …

With popularity slumping, the President doesn’t want to be viewed as someone who favours big business at the expense of workers As President Emmanuel Macron presses ahead with the most business-friendly overhaul of the French labour market in decades, his popularity with many of his countrymen has gone into a …

The agreement replaces the 25-year-old NAFTA, which Trump had threatened to cancel Canada and the U.S. reached a deadline deal on a new free trade pact that will include Mexico, the governments announced late on Sunday, after more than a year of talks to revamp a pact President Donald Trump …

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he expects to soon hold a second summit with Kim Jong-un as he returned to the United Nations with warm words for the North Korean leader whom he eviscerated last year. Mr. Trump used his début address to the UN General Assembly …

In his first public address in the early hours of Monday, Maldives’s President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said: “The will of the people has spoken.” “For many of us it has been a difficult journey. A journey that led to a prison cell, or years in exile. It’s been a journey …

Joint Opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih gets 58.3% of votes Much to the surprise of his critics and political rivals, Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Monday conceded defeat in Sunday’s presidential election, making way for the joint Opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Senior parliamentarian of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) …

China has responded robustly to Washington’s decision to impose military sanctions — opening up key diplomatic channels to air its protest, and recalling its visiting naval official from the U.S. It has also cancelled an upcoming defence officials meeting in Beijing later this month. On Friday, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister …