US says costs will be ‘swift and severe’ if Moscow rejects offer of dialogue

Move leaves Taiwan with just 14 governments that formally recognise it as a country

Washington hoping for stability amid increased tensions between US and China

Chinese leader has not travelled outside his country since start of coronavirus pandemic

World Bank and IMF should normalise lending to the country, foreign minister says

Taliban rule could destabilise Central Asia and accelerate regional rise of China

Comments suggest Beijing is ready to give cautious support to Taliban-led government in Kabul

Taliban delegation meets Chinese foreign minister to discuss peace and security issues

Will Beijing be the next superpower to try to write a chapter in Afghanistan’s history?

Hungary alarms some EU allies with rapid expansion of Chinese and Huawei ties

Exit ban on Richard O’Halloran raised during weekend visit by Minister to China

Security Council agreement proves elusive due to resistance from United States

Rising alarm in Biden administration matches warnings from US military leaders

Antony Blinken and Chinese counterparts have tense exchange days after Biden-Putin spat

Focus on foreign policy issues as US president signs into law the American Rescue Plan

Move will end decades of democratic development in the territory

Taoiseach asks Chinese premier for review of O’Halloran’s case ‘on compassionate grounds’

Nepal’s climbing community welcomes the end of confusion over the mountain’s height

‘The current situation in the border areas is not in the interest of either side,’ a joint statement said

The five-country visit of China’s chief diplomat have underlined how relations with the EU have deteriorated in just a few months

For three decades the armies of the two most populous countries have been patrolling a disputed border in the Himalayas

‘There is a political virus spreading in United States,’ says China’s foreign minister

Post violated social media platorms’s ban on promoted political content

The states best placed to fight the virus are those that prepare, plan and learn

States discuss contentious deal giving Vatican final say on appointment of bishops

Two ships anchored in Asia as death toll in China hits 490 and airline restrictions tighten

Foreign minister pushes back after re-election of pro-independence Tsai Ing-Wen

Investigation ordered after blasts injured at least four people in Thai capital

Government blames ‘sabotage’ by ideological adversaries for failure at hydroelectrical plant

White House says Beijing has agreed to buy ‘very substantial’ amount of agricultural, energy, industrial and other products

Trump hails meeting as ‘amazing and productive’ with ‘unlimited possibilities for both’

Hundreds of academics issue statement calling on China to close region’s detention centres

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi accuses US of making direct attack on relationship

Chinese media describes the claims as a ploy by the US president to win support in polls

Twenty-five years after the end of a rabies-inspired ban, dog ownership is booming

China and US ministers meet in Singapore to talk about rising tensions

Jeremy Hunt seeking new trade opportunities in China to combat US aggression post-Brexit

Only new development is US agreement to stop joint military drills with South Korea

Canada spy agency report says Chinese president driving strategy to achieve global dominance

Wang Yi travels to Pyongyang days after landmark summit with South Korea