China has urged countries in southeast Asia to avoid being used as “chess pieces” by Western powers, calling for insulation of the region from foreign interventions.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the direction of US-China relations is in danger of being further led “astray.”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused Russia of oppressing its own people and committing atrocities against the people of Ukraine.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for vigorous competition with arch-foe China to preserve the existing global order but hastened to add that Washington did not seek a "Cold War."

The Chinese government has strongly rejected the US call for the World Health Organization (WHO) to invite Chinese Taipei to its annual assembly, reiterating its sovereignty over the self-ruled island.

The United States is poised to continue exactly the same failed policies against China that have brought it to a possible confrontation with the rising power, according to an American writer.

Amid the political crisis in Pakistan, opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif has been installed as the new premier, with the cricketer turned politician, Imran Khan, back on the streets, mobilizing his supporters against what he calls an “imported government”.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin have held talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky during a whirlwind visit to Kiev.

The US military chief will visit Kiev to discuss ways to continue offering more weapons and other support to Ukraine’s military.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Ukraine’s capital of Kiev on Sunday, the country’s president declares while demanding for “powerful weapons.”