Trump pledges to raise detained pastor’s case with Xi Jinping during Beijing visit as family pleads for help
Five weeks before the birth of her third child, Grace Drexel sat in Washington speaking about her father, the grandfather...
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What Xi wants from Trump as Beijing seeks leverage in high-stakes summit
President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a moment when both...
Islamabad denies sheltering Iran jets, Trump praises Pakistan’s mediation as ‘absolutely great’
Pakistan rejected reports Tuesday that it allowed Iranian aircraft to use its airfields amid tensions with the United States—claims suggesting...
Taiwan watches Trump-Xi meeting for signs China will test US resolve
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan: President Donald Trump’s meetings with communist China’s supreme leader Xi Jinping in Beijing will be keenly watched here...
Macron takes the stage uninvited at Africa summit to scold crowd for ‘total lack of respect’
French President Emmanuel Macron sparked a firestorm of criticism after he interrupted a youth-focused session at the Africa Forward Summit...
Xi’s anti-corruption crackdown sentences former Chinese defense ministers to death
Two former Chinese defense ministers have been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption, in one of the...
Massive 11,000-carat ruby believed to be second-largest ever found in conflict-ridden country
A massive ruby unearthed in Burma is being hailed as the second-largest ever discovered in the conflict-ridden country.The ruby weighs...
China’s undersea cable threat raises $10T fears as Trump-Xi talks loom
The U.S. economy is under threat from adversaries like China targeting undersea cables with the ability to "inflict devastating economic...
Woman who spent 7 years in Chinese prison describes torture, surveillance and loss of her husband
EXCLUSIVE: Wang Chunyan held a photograph toward the camera, her hands trembling slightly as she pointed to each of the...
Trump blockade squeezing Iran so hard regime may be dumping oil into Gulf, experts say
Satellite imagery revealed a massive suspected oil slick spreading near Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export terminal, in what experts...
US-backed pipeline proposal targets global reliance on Strait of Hormuz amid Iran threats
A new U.S.-backed proposal to build a network of overland energy pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz is gaining attention...
Explosion at a fireworks plant in China kills at least 21 people, injures dozens more: report
An explosion at a fireworks factory in a central Chinese province killed at least 21 people and injured 61 others,...
Mike Waltz pushes UN resolution to stop Iran mining key global shipping route
The United States is advancing a new United Nations Security Council resolution targeting Iran’s actions in the Strait of Hormuz...
Trump’s ‘Economic Fury’ squeezes Iran — but can Tehran outlast the pressure?
As the Trump administration escalates its campaign against Iran through sanctions, naval pressure and financial enforcement, a central question is...
Another Assassination Attempt, More Fertilizer for Conspiracy Theories
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend became the site of the third failed attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump....
