Ukraine tensions: Biden agrees in principle to summit with Putin
US President Joe Biden has agreed “in principle” to hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the crisis over Ukraine. The talks...
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China joins Russia in condemning Nato expansion
China has joined Russia in condemning Nato expansion as the two countries move closer together in the face of Western pressure. Moscow and Beijing issued...
Ukraine: US could sanction Putin if Russia invades, Biden says
US President Joe Biden says he would consider personal sanctions on Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine. Mr Biden said there would be “enormous consequences”...
Vladimir Putin: What Russian president’s India visit means for world politics
Visits by Russian presidents to India always invoke a sense of nostalgia. The Moscow-Delhi relationship dates back to the Cold War era and it has...
Biden-Xi talks: China warns US about ‘playing with fire’ on Taiwan
Chinese President Xi Jinping has used a virtual summit with US counterpart Joe Biden to warn that encouraging Taiwanese independence would be “playing with fire”....
Belarus migrants: Poland PM blames Russia’s Putin for migrant crisis
Poland’s Prime Minister has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind a migrant crisis at Belarus’s border with Poland. Mateusz Morawiecki said that Belarus’s...
Belarus migrants: Poland fears armed border escalation
Poland has warned of a possible “armed” escalation on its border with Belarus, fearing its neighbour may try to provoke an incident with hundreds of...
Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks
President Joe Biden said the US would defend Taiwan if China attacked, in an apparent departure from a long-held US foreign policy position. But a...
Navjot Singh Sidhu: India’s controversial cricketer-turned-politician
In 1996, Navjot Singh Sidhu kicked up a storm by walking out of India’s cricket tour of England and flying home after a fight with...
Afghanistan: Biden was advised to keep 2,500 troops, say generals
Two top US generals have said they recommended keeping a force of 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, ahead of the full US withdrawal in August. Testimony...
