37 h. ago Iran, US ‘make progress’ towards a nuclear deal: Iran foreign minister

At their second indirect meeting this week, Iranian and US diplomats agreed to experts drawing up a framework for a potential nuclear deal.

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3 d. ago Trump blocked planned Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear sites to secure deal with Tehran

A report said the goal was to set back the Islamic republic’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon by a year or more.

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5 d. ago China will trade with more friends rather than 'throwing punches', foreign ministry says

China will trade with more friends rather than 'throwing punches', foreign ministry says  Reuters

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6 d. ago Don’t politicise row over Scunthorpe steel plant, says Chinese foreign ministry

Don’t politicise row over Scunthorpe steel plant, says Chinese foreign ministry  The Guardian

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6 d. ago Former aide to Taiwan’s security chief expelled from DPP over spying allegations

Ho Jen-chieh, who worked for the island’s former foreign minister Joseph Wu, is suspected of leaking classified information to Beijing.

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7 d. ago ‘Total misperception’ Panama Canal under China’s influence, official says

Panama has to do ‘very, very good job’ in explaining to US administration that there is no foreign interference, vice-minister says.

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8 d. ago Trump’s threat of war looming, US and Iran hold ‘constructive’ talks in Oman

Oman’s foreign minister acted as an intermediary in the high-stakes talks in Muscat. The Americans had called for the meetings to be face-to-face.

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8 d. ago Ukraine keen to end war with Russia soon, foreign minister says at Antalya Diplomacy Forum

Kyiv’s Andrii Sybiha and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov both attended the three-day platform in Turkey but were never on the same panel, offering starkly different views on the conflict.

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9 d. ago No one will win in a tariff war, Chinese leader Xi Jinping warns

Xi was speaking to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in his first meeting with a foreign leader since Donald Trump unveiled his levies.

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9 d. ago Xi Jinping to visit Southeast Asia as tariff war spurs China to strengthen ties

Foreign ministry confirms the Chinese leader will tour Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia in what will be his first foreign visits of the year.

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1 week ago The Central Conference on Work Related to Neighboring Countries Held in Beijing Xi Jinping Delivers Important Speech_Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

The Central Conference on Work Related to Neighboring Countries Held in Beijing Xi Jinping Delivers Important Speech_Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China  fmprc.gov.cn

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1 week ago ‘Ignorant, disrespectful’: China slams Vance for ‘peasants’ slur as tariff war intensifies

‘It is surprising and pathetic’ to hear such comments, Chinese foreign ministry says, as trade tensions with the US come to a head.

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2 w. ago Iran calls Trump’s direct talks on nuclear deal ‘meaningless’

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran is ‘ready to try the path of indirect negotiations’.

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2 w. ago China vows more ‘resolute measures’ against Trump tariffs blitz as US stocks plunge

Foreign ministry releases position paper a day after China becomes first country to hit back against latest barrage of US tariffs.

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2 w. ago Top Beijing envoy in Hong Kong meets US diplomat over sanctions

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner Cui Jianchun expresses ‘solemn representations’ to US Consul General Gregory May over penalties on six officials.

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2 w. ago Israel launches strikes on Syria military airbases, infrastructure

Syria’s foreign ministry described Israel’s attacks on five locations across the country as an ‘unjustified escalation’.

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2 w. ago Israel launches strikes on Syria military bases, infrastructure

Syria’s foreign ministry described Israel’s attacks on five locations across the country as an ‘unjustified escalation’.

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2 w. ago Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan denies ‘liking’ controversial Gaza post

The minister says he has enhanced security for his Facebook account after being accused of temporarily liking inflammatory remarks on activists.

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2 w. ago Russian, Chinese foreign ministers discuss Iran's nuclear program and Korea, Russia says

Russian, Chinese foreign ministers discuss Iran's nuclear program and Korea, Russia says  Reuters

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2 w. ago Russia’s Putin hosts Chinese Foreign Minister Wang for talks in Moscow

Russia’s Putin hosts Chinese Foreign Minister Wang for talks in Moscow  Al Jazeera

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