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China has rejected US plans to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran along with a probable push to trigger a return of all sanctions on Tehran at the UN Security Council. “It has no right to extend an arms embargo on Iran, let alone to trigger snapback,” China’s UN …

Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, reported on Monday its first cluster of infections since a lockdown on the central Chinese city was lifted a month ago, stoking concerns of a wider resurgence of the disease. The new infections sounded a note of caution amid efforts …

Gulf Arab states should consider their relationship with the United States when dealing with China, a U.S. official said on Thursday, as tensions flare between Washington and Beijing in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.Gulf Arab states have developed close ties with Beijing despite their longstanding relationship with key ally …

BEIJING: China said Friday it supports a World Health Organisation-led review into the global response to the coronavirus outbreak, but only “after the pandemic is over”. The comments from foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying came as China faces increasing global pressure to allow an international investigation into the origins of …

An internal report has warned Chinese leaders of the possibility of a military confrontation with the United States as tensions grow with Washington over accusations that Beijing has mishandled the new coronavirus outbreak.The report, created by the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), which is a think tank affiliated …

China on Tuesday successfully launched its largest carrier rocket, which was carrying a new-generation spacecraft, state broadcaster CCTV said. The Long March-5B carrier rocket took off at 1800 local time (1000 GMT) at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southern island province of Hainan. It was the first mission …

Damascus: A Chinese news agency said the Russian military’s decision to intercept two U.S. aircraft along the Syrian coast would have ended differently if it was their air force involved. “According to reports, the Russian military stationed in Syria discovered an air target approaching its military base in Syria on …

A journalist who had worked for some of China’s most powerful propaganda outlets has been jailed for 15 years after being accused of attacking the ruling Communist Party, court documents showed. The sentence handed down on Chen Jieren is one of the harshest moves yet against free speech by China’s …

China has sent a team of medical experts to North Korea to advise on the country’s leader Kim Jong-un amid conflicting reports about his health, Reuters reports.  A delegation led by a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party’s International Liaison Department left Beijing for North Korea on Thursday, Reuters …

China has censured Australia for copying the United States and attempting to frame Beijing as the party responsible for the coronavirus pandemic. China’s Embassy in Canberra said Australian officials were “parroting” US President Donald Trump and other high-level American officials blaming China for the pandemic. “It is well known that …