Rifle, fur hat, drones: Kim returns with gifts from Russia
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is heading home on Monday, most likely with gifts from his Russian hosts including a rifle, a cosmonaut’s glove, and military drones – which ...
North Korean security disinfected Kim’s chair at Putin summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s security detail spent several minutes disinfecting the chair that Kim sat on during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kommersant newspaper ...
Kim invites Putin to North Korea
Kim Jong Un invited Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin to visit North Korea during a rare summit, stoking U.S. concerns that a revived Moscow-Pyongyang axis could bolster Russia’s military ...
Kim tells Putin: Russia will win against ‘evil’ in Ukraine
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for a rare summit on Wednesday at which they discussed military matters, the war in Ukraine and possible ...
Russia voices annoyance with both Armenia and Azerbaijan
Russia has protested to Azerbaijan over comments it made about weekend regional elections in areas of Ukraine claimed by Moscow, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
She also ...
N.Korea’s Kim meets Putin as missiles launched from Pyongyang (Update 2)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would discuss Pyongyang’s satellite program, and Kim said Moscow has his full backing in its “sacred ...
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Russia amid US warnings not to sell arms (Update)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia by private train to the strains of a military band on Tuesday for talks with President Vladimir Putin – amid warnings from ...
Russian aid truck arrives in Karabakh from Azerbaijan
A Russian Red Cross truck crossed from Azerbaijani-held territory into the ethnic Armenian-populatedNagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday, the first time in 35 years that the breakaway enclave had allowed such access.
The ...
North Korea’s Kim appears to have departed for Russia for summit with Putin
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to have departed for Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin, South Korean broadcaster YTN reported on Monday, citing an unnamed senior ...
G20 summit statement avoids condemning Russia for Ukraine war, calls for peace (Updated)
The Group of 20 nations adopted a consensus declaration on the opening day of a summit on Saturday that avoided condemnation of Russia for the war in Ukraine but called on ...
North Korea unveils first tactical, nuclear-armed submarine
North Korea has launched its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine” and assigned it to the fleet that patrols the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan, state media said ...
Hong Kong, Shenzhen deluged by heaviest rain on record
The heaviest rain since records began 140 years ago drenched Asian financial hub Hong Kong on Friday, killing two people and injuring more than 100, media reported, as unusually wet weather caused ...
Human-centric globalisation: taking G20 to the last mile, leaving none behind
By the Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi
‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ – these two words capture a deep philosophy. It means ‘the world is one family’. This is an all-embracing ...
Chinese hack of US officials due to compromise of Microsoft engineer’s account, Microsoft says
The recently disclosed Chinese hack of senior officials at the U.S. State and Commerce Departments stemmed from the compromise of a Microsoft engineer’s corporate account, Microsoft Corp MSFT....
China’s Fukushima-linked seafood ban is unacceptable, Japan tells WTO
Japan has told the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that China’s ban on Japanese seafood after the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant was “totally unacceptable”, the ...
India prioritises global cooperation as G-20 President
On December 1, 2022, India assumed the Presidency of the Group of 20 (G-20). The G-20 represents 19 major economies and the European Union, accounting for 85 per cent of global GDP, over 75 per cent ...
North Korea’s Kim to meet Putin in Russia to discuss weapons sales
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin and discuss supplying Moscow with weapons for the war in Ukraine, the ...
Ukraine war, absence of Putin and Xi set to dent G20 summit
Deeper and more entrenched divisions over Russia’s war in Ukraine risk derailing progress on issues such as food security, debt distress and global cooperation on climate change when the ...
US expects to upgrade Vietnam ties, risks China anger
The United States expects to elevate its diplomatic relations with former foe Vietnam to the top level when President Joe Biden travels to Hanoi in a week, in a move ...
Pope, quoting Buddha, urges religious dialogue to fight fundamentalism
Calling himself one of the “humble heirs” of ancient schools of wisdom and quoting the Buddha, Pope Francis on Sunday urged all religions to live in harmony and shun ideological ...
After the moon, India launches rocket to study the sun
Following quickly on the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission.
The ...
Russia to block G20 declaration if its views are ignored
Russia will block the final declaration of this month’s G20 summit unless it reflects Moscow’s position on Ukraine and other crises, leaving participants to issue a non-binding or ...
Flights cancelled, businesses shut in Hong Kong, Guangdong as Typhoon Saola nears
The Asian financial hub of Hong Kong and China’s neighbouring populous province of Guangdong cancelled hundreds of flights on Friday as fears of powerful Typhoon Saola forced some mainland ...
China’s Xi likely to skip G20 summit in India -sources
Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to skip a summit of G20 leaders in India next week, sources familiar with the matter in India and China told Reuters, a development ...