U.S. President Joe Biden, in a call with leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Britain on Monday, discussed their "shared concern about the Russian military build-up on
Belarus, on behalf of 65 countries, delivered a joint speech on Tuesday at the 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council held in Geneva, stressing that respect for the sovereignty, inde
Japan’s government has lodged a protest after Russia’s military deployed a number of its new S-300V4 missile defence systems for combat duty on a disputed chain of isla
Russia opposes foreign meddling in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Thursday. Russia's position remains unchanged t
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual press conference in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 19, 2019. /Xinhua Russia reserves the right to retaliate for nuclear attacks, according to a decr
Burkina Faso's Minister of Trade and Industry Harouna Kabore has tested positive for COVID-19, the fifth cabinet minister infected by the novel coronavirus in the country. "The minister will conti
Iran welcomes Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi’s election as prime minister of Iraq, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday, according to the official IRN
TheForeignMinistryhascalledthetrespassingofaUSmissiledestroyerinChina'sterritorialwatersa"seriouspoliticalandmilitaryprovocation",andtheMinistryofNationalDefens
ChinasaidonSundaythattheU.S.missiledestroyertrespassingChina'sterritorialwatersofftheXishaIslandswas"seriouspoliticalandmilitaryprovocation."ForeignMinistryspok
A total of 129 out of 249 Myanmar fishermen, who had served their prison terms in India after being detained for illegally entering that country's territorial waters, have been released and brought back home, official media reported Wednesday.
South Korea on Thursday slammed Japan for its repeated territorial claim over a pair of islets, called Dokdo here and Takeshima in Japan, lying halfway between the two countries.