China
Israel’s ballot box or Pandora’s box? - opinion
Israel’s greatest threat may be its diminishing ability to distinguish truth from lies and political opponents from enemies. Can democracy withstand the pressure?
Saudi missile plant expansion may produce more powerful missiles, study says
Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes China's Tibet, killing 16, Xinhua reports
Iran's floating oil reserves, used for China sales, completely depleted, analysts say - report
China's Xi says pandas will soon arrive in Atlanta as part of 'panda diplomacy' tradition
The zoo, which previously housed pandas from 1999 to 2024, announced an agreement in April with the China Wildlife Conservation Association to host the two bears.
Taiwan denounces Xi's comments to Trump as 'distortion of facts'
China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, a position President Lai Ching-te and his administration reject.
How firms linked to Chinese cotton giant shirk sanctions to sell clothes to US
The three garment makers together have exported at least $5 million in cotton goods to the US since Esquel was sanctioned. Details of the firms' US sales haven't been previously reported.
Is Taiwan already independent from China, what does Taiwanese independence mean? - explainer
For decades, the Republic of China in Taipei also claimed to be the legitimate Chinese government, but in 1971 Beijing took over the China seat at the United Nations from Taipei.
Trump-Xi meeting outside UNGA spotlight tests world body's clout - analysis
"It's pretty notable that Xi Jinping is coming to Washington in the same week as the UNGA, but does not feel bothered to come up to New York," said Richard Gowan of the International Crisis Group.
Iran receives Chinese intelligence, military-linked components to bolster drone program - report
According to WSJ, citing Iranian customs data, China has shipped around 1,300 shipments to Iran's defense ministry containing "dual-use" components and chemical compounds.
US says China trade truce extended as Trump welcomes Xi in first visit of three years
Xi's visit will include a statedinner with tech luminaries, a White House military ceremony including jet flyovers, and a visit to the National Archives.
New Zealand says China is its most persistent state-backed cyber threat
New Zealand report identifies China as its most persistent state-backed cyber threat, with foreign espionage actively targeting key government, health, education, and IT infrastructure network.
Leaked FBI data includes sensitive details on counterespionage work against China, Russia, cartels
Data includes details of assignments to specific field offices and, in some cases, to units engaged in high-stakes intelligence, security, or counterespionage work.
AI leaders to brief UN Security Council on artificial intelligence capabilities, safeguards
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and Hugging Face co-founder Clément Delangue are due to brief the 15-member council during the annual General Assembly gathering of world leaders.
