US President Donald Trump is set to conclude Chinese President Xi Jinping’s three-day state visit to the United States on Friday with a tour of the US National Archives in Washington, highlighting the historical ties between the two countries. The visit follows a high-profile White House summit on Thursday that focused on trade, artificial intelligence […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced that China will invite 100,000 young Americans to visit China for study and cultural exchanges over the next five years, as Beijing and Washington seek to strengthen people-to-people ties amid broader tensions between the two countries. Xi made the announcement on September 24, 2026, at the White House during […]
BEIJING LIKELY TO RAISE ITS INTERPRETATION OF THE U.S.-CHINA ARMS SALES COMMUNIQUÉ DURING XI’S WASHINGTON VISIT Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to press U.S. President Donald Trump to halt American arms sales to Taiwan during his visit to Washington this week, according to people familiar with discussions between Beijing and Washington. The issue is […]
The United States, Denmark and Greenland have signed a new security agreement aimed at strengthening Arctic and North Atlantic defence while easing months of tensions over Greenland’s strategic status. US President Donald Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen signed the agreement on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations […]
The 81st United Nations General Assembly has opened in New York, bringing together world leaders for a week of high-level diplomatic discussions focused on major international conflicts, security, economic pressures and emerging technologies. US President Donald Trump is among the first major national leaders scheduled to address the General Debate on Tuesday, alongside French President […]
Former British ambassador to the United States Lord Kim Darroch has described US President Donald Trump as unlike any other leader he encountered during his diplomatic career, as UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham prepares for his first face-to-face meeting with the president. Darroch, who served as Britain’s ambassador to Washington when Trump first entered the […]
The United States has approved visas for Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to attend next week’s high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, despite the ongoing conflict between Washington and Tehran. The U.S. State Department confirmed that Iran’s “core delegation” and essential staff will be permitted to […]
President Donald Trump has announced a major security agreement involving the United States, Denmark and Greenland that would significantly expand Washington’s military role on the strategically important Arctic island. Trump described the arrangement as a historic, open-ended agreement that gives the United States permanent control over Greenland’s security needs. However, Danish and Greenlandic officials have […]
U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran is interested in reaching an agreement with Washington and suggested that a deal could be reached at a time of the United States’ choosing, while maintaining that Tehran is not yet ready for formal negotiations. Speaking at a campaign rally in Gastonia, North Carolina, on September 16, Trump said […]
China has called on Iran and the United States to exercise restraint and return to negotiations, as tensions in the Middle East continue to raise concerns over a wider regional escalation. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the country’s top diplomat, made the appeal during talks in Beijing with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on […]