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Washington: US intelligence agencies have concluded that China has transferred missile technology to Saudi Arabia to help the desert kingdom build its own ballistic missiles in addition to the actual missiles it has bought from Beijing in the past,...

Washington: President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act that prohibits imports into the United States of goods made with forced labor in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the White House said on Thursday."On Thursday, December 23,...

Beijing: China launched a Long March-7A rocket to place two satellites in space on Thursday.The rocket blasted off at 6:12 pm (Beijing Time) at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan and sent Shiyan-12 01...

Washington: The US Navy seized a stateless vessel with about 1,400 AK-47 rifles allegedly shipped by Iran to Houthi rebels in Yemen via the Arabian Sea, United States Naval Forces Central Command said in a press release."US 5th Fleet...

London: October and November this year saw an increase of strikes across the United States, with workers fighting for raises and better working conditions amid COVID-19, The Guardian has reported.Overall, 346 strike locations had been documented this year as...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel the prospects for settlement in Ukraine and the migration situation on the borders of Belarus with EU countries, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.The conversation took place on...

Washington: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and his Israeli counterpart discussed a "threat" posed by Iran as their delegations gathered for a meeting of the US-Israel Strategic Consultative Group in Jerusalem on Wednesday."The delegations discussed the need to...

Berlin: Berlin is ready for any negotiations to de-escalate the situation around Ukraine, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said."In general, the situation is that, taking into account the questions that Russia is asking, we want to contribute to de-escalation,...

Beijing: The government of the Chinese city of Xian located in the Shaanxi province on Wednesday announced a lockdown to contain a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, the city administration stated on its official Weibo page.Starting from December 23, citizens...

Washington: China's naval power is growing at an "explosive" pace, German navy chief Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schoenbach told CNBC in an interview."Indeed… it’s explosive. Of course, I can understand the political leaders, of course, in China," Schonbach said....