It didn’t take Russia’s misinformation machine long to settle on who was to blame for the first assassination attempt on a European national leader in more than two decades....
British defence minister Grant Shapps accused China on Wednesday of providing or preparing to provide Russia with lethal aid for use by Moscow in its war against Ukraine....
Japan has lodged a protest against the Chinese ambassador’s “extremely inappropriate” comments about Taiwan, chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday....
- The Chinese government is using extreme forms of pressure to coerce Tibetans to relocate their long-established villages.- Chinese officials misleadingly claim that relocation will lead to improved employment and higher incomes.- The Chinese government should suspend relocations in Tibet and conform with Chinese laws and...
Perched on the open ramp at the rear of a British Chinook helicopter, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas flew home from the annual Spring Storm military exercises, pleased to see NATO allies cooperating. But she later said that other types of warfare were on her mind....
Human rights groups and emigre opposition factions expressed regret that Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi’s death meant he never saw justice for crimes they say he committed during decades as a leading figure in the Islamic republic.–...
China’s expanded Law on the Guarding of State Secrets, which was passed by lawmakers in February, took effect on May 1 to bring it into line with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent efforts to broaden national security-driven regulations....
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s leader in Gaza for war crimes....
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange’s battle to avoid extradition to the United States received a huge boost on Monday when London’s High Court ruled that U.S. assurances over his case were unsatisfactory and he would get a full appeal hearing....
In a message from Evin prison where she is being held, Ms Mohammadi said the trial relates to an audio post, in which she condemned a “full-scale war against women” by the Iranian regime....
- Beijing dislikes Taiwan’s new President William Lai and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which they see as pro-independence. It has ramped up military incursions around Taiwan’s waters and airspace since his election win in January....
When Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s President who soon leaves office after eight years and hands over to her successor William Lai, swept to power in 2016, she was dismissed as a dull bureaucrat. But she stood up to an increasingly authoritarian and aggressive China under Xi Jinping; she held on to a vital US alliance under Donald...