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July 14, 2025 7:21 PM

India-China relationship gradually moving in a positive direction: EAM Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday said that the India-China relationship has been gradually moving in a positive direction since the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Kazan in Octob...

July 14, 2025 3:59 PM

EAM Jaishankar meets Chinese Vice President, emphasises ‘mutually beneficial’ outcomes through normalised ties

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, during his meeting with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Monday, emphasised that the continued normalisation of India-China relations could lead to "mutually beneficial" outcomes. He underscored the import...

July 13, 2025 10:09 AM

Iran says it will work with IAEA but inspections may be risky

Iran plans to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog despite restrictions imposed by its parliament, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday, while stressing that access to its bombed nuclear sites posed security and safety issues. A new l...

July 13, 2025 9:50 AM

Gaza truce talks faltering over withdrawal; 17 reported killed in latest shooting near aid

Progress is stalling at talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza, with the sides divided over the extent of Israeli forces' withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sources familiar with the negotiations in Doha said on Sat...

July 11, 2025 2:42 PM

China’s GDP growth set to slow, raising pressure on policymakers

China's economy is expected to have slowed down in the second quarter from a solid start to the year as trade tensions with the United States added to deflationary pressures, reinforcing expectations that Beijing may need to roll out more stimulus. ...

July 11, 2025 9:45 PM

Rubio meets China’s Wang amid trade tensions, says good chance of Trump-Xi talks

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday he had "positive and constructive" talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, as the two major powers vied to push their agendas in Asia at a time of tension over Washington's tariff offensive. T...

July 11, 2025 1:25 PM

Security, trade in focus as Australia PM Albanese heads to China

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leaves for Shanghai on Saturday on an official visit to China where regional security tensions and efforts to grow economic ties are likely to dominate talks. Australia's exports to China, its largest tradi...

July 10, 2025 5:18 PM

Dubai to debut restaurant operated by an AI chef

In Dubai, your dinner might soon come with a side of source code. WOOHOO, a restaurant that bills itself as "dining in the future", is set to open in September in central Dubai, a stone's throw from the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. F...

July 10, 2025 5:21 PM

Iran urges UN nuclear watchdog to drop ‘double standards’

Iran's president said on Thursday the U.N. nuclear watchdog should drop its "double standards" if Tehran is to resume cooperation with it over the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, Iranian state media reported. President Masoud Pezeshkian last w...

July 10, 2025 3:35 PM

Rivers in southwest China breach warning levels, with thousands evacuated

The levels of 25 rivers in southwestern China exceeded safe levels on Thursday, state media said, after more than 10,000 people were evacuated as the remnants of former typhoon Danas converged with East Asian monsoon rains. Extreme rainfall and seve...

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