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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Azerbaijan and three Balkan countries amid Beijing’s push to shore up its trade corridors and geopolitical influence in the regions. Wang will attend the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thursday “as special representative of President Xi Jinping”, according to China’s foreign ministry. Aside from Azerbaijan, Beijing’s top diplomat will visit Croatia, Montenegro and...

Kurt Campbell is a veteran US diplomat and strategist who has played a leading role in shaping Washington’s approach to China and the Indo-Pacific for more than a decade. He served as the White House coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs from 2021 to 2024 and as US deputy secretary of state from 2024 to 2025. Previously, he served as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs from 2009 to 2013 and was a key architect of the Obama administration’s “pivot to Asia”. Often...

Navi Pillay says the Trump administrations' sweeping penalties on the international tribunal were "unheard of".

Mr. Jaishankar arrived in Cote d’Ivoire on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) from Ghana on the second leg of his three-nation tour of African countries, which also includes Ethiopia

Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hosted Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing for talks Thursday, though his government was careful to underscore it still doesn’t recognize the regime.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday said Malaysia would do “whatever is possible” to strengthen cooperation with Myanmar and fully reintegrate the diplomatically isolated nation into the Asean fold. The pledge came during an unusually high-profile official welcome for Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing, despite Malaysia’s position that such engagement does not amount to recognition of his government. Min Aung Hlaing inspected a guard of honour in Putrajaya before holding private talks with...

El Salvador's Vice President Félix Ulloa met Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi on 7 October and said the Bukele model was never discussed. The post Uruguay Hosts Bukele’s No. 2, Who Denies Security Talks appeared first on The Rio Times.

China and the US – Iran’s key partner and its chief adversary – found firmer common ground on Tehran at the Washington summit last month, and further head-of-state diplomacy could work in Iran’s favour, according to analysts. Iran was on the agenda when the presidents of the United States and China met in Beijing in May and again in Washington in September. There was no direct reference to Tehran in Beijing’s statement after the May summit, but following the September meeting China was more...

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Romuald Wadagni to the Elysee Palace on Monday. It’s the Beninese president’s first official visit to France since taking office in May.

Foreign Ministry says it summoned India's ⁠charge d'affaires to lodge 'strong protest' over killing of two civilians.

Amid global tumult, the two countries alliance is not the only unlikely pairing.

Five days after Chinese President Xi Jinping left Washington, the US State Department marked the 77th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China with a greeting short enough to fit on a calling card. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s congratulatory statement landed on Wednesday, a few hours before dawn on National Day in Beijing. It made no mention of Xi’s visit, the trade understandings reached during the trip or the meetings the two leaders have scheduled for later this year. Washington...

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--A former Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force member admitted to trespassing at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo in March, during the first court hearing of his trial at Tokyo District Court on Thursday. According to the indictment, Kodai Murata, 24, entered the embassy grounds on March 24 carrying a kitchen knife with an 18-centimeter blade. The former second lieutena...

Benjamin Netanyahu travelled secretly to the United Arab Emirates over the weekend, Israeli media has reported, to ask its leader to deny claims he had warned the Israeli prime minister about a looming Hamas threat ahead of the Palestinian militant group's Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel. Netanyahu himself has confirmed making the secret trip, but denies he urged his UAE counterpart to do anything of the kind. France 24’s Douglas Herbert takes a closer look.

Qatari leader tells Piers Morgan that Doha will continue to uphold diplomacy and mediate for peace in the Middle East.

First such official visit by Indian delegation since Operation Indoor; Senior External Affair Ministry official leads team at three-day SCO preparatory meeting 

China’s top diplomat suggested relations with Japan had deteriorated to a low point unseen in decades, adding pressure on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to amend her Taiwan remarks.

Canadian and US diplomats in Havana fell ill with unexplained symptoms from 2016. The Globe and Mail now reports, citing two sources, that Canadians were working with US intelligence at the time; Ottawa denies it. The post Canada Denies Its Diplomats Spied for the US in Cuba in Havana Syndrome Era appeared first on The Rio Times.

An escalating diplomatic row over Ukraine’s disclosure of a North Korean prisoner-of-war transfer is threatening to jeopardise South Korea’s future ties with and support for Kyiv, analysts say, even as it hands fresh ammunition to the political opposition in Seoul. South Korea’s presidential official issued a statement late on Sunday demanding an official explanation and apology for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s disclosure about the POWs at last week’s UN General Assembly. Seoul said...

Francisco Pérez Mackenna is the first Chilean foreign minister summoned to a formal questioning since 2005. Kast’s move into the US-led Shield of the Americas is the main charge. The post Chile Grills a Foreign Minister for the First Time, With a US Pact in Focus appeared first on The Rio Times.

Amid discussions in India regarding diversification of its energy sources, Jaishankar also met Venezuela Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia Gonzalez on the UNGA sidelines

A small group of Chinese CEOs holding US visas has arrived in Washington after travelling separately from President Xi Jinping’s official entourage, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. But with the clock ticking and the business optics of the Chinese leader’s White House visit hanging on the final twists of diplomatic negotiations, the executives are still waiting to find out whether they will secure a seat at Thursday’s state dinner for Xi. “Beijing’s security protocol is...

In his address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, William Ruto lamented Africa's exclusion from permanent representation on the UN Security Council, despite accounting for more than a quarter of the assembly's membership.

?? French President Emmanuel Macron criticised Gaza diplomacy at the UN General Assembly, calling it a "shameful spectacle" and urging action to reopen humanitarian routes.

Brunei’s measured defence ties with Beijing reflect its low-key approach to South China Sea disputes, with analysts saying that goals such as peacekeeping offer the safest room for both sides to maintain diplomacy. A meeting between Bruneian and Chinese defence officials in Beijing last week, when both nations pledged closer practical cooperation and support for regional stability, underscored that tact. But observers also expect ties to remain modest, constrained by maritime claims and Bandar...

Doha lauded for mediating Brussels-Kigali rupture, showcasing its trusted role in international peace efforts.

Brett Bruen, president of the Global Situation Room and former Obama administration official, said that Trump's speech at the UN General Assembly 'came off looking desperate' and was not indicative of a White House that is offering diplomacy from a position of strength. Bruen said that Trump's comments in his speech about having 'the spoils' of Venezuela fly in the face of the why the United Nations was founded after the Second World War. (Source: Bloomberg)

The development comes in the backdrop of negotiations between New Delhi and Dhaka for a possible India visit by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman sometime in November.

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met his Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni in Tehran to discuss regional peace and stability, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry said, as Islamabad continues diplomatic efforts to revive stalled talks between Iran and the US.

Donald Trump and Melania Trump will host Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan together across two days in Washington next week: a White House welcome, a state dinner at which both presidents speak, a private tea, and a tour of the United States’ founding documents. Senior US officials set out the programme late Friday and said the pageantry will sit beside talks on artificial intelligence, a trade truce that expires in November, rare earths, fentanyl and detained foreigners. The briefing confirmed much of...