Weeks after his country was battered by waves of Israeli strikes and the US bombed three of its prized nuclear facilities, Iran’s foreign minister came to a gathering of regional diplomats in China this week with a simple ask.

The quotas are closely monitored as a barometer for the global supply of rare earths, a group of 17 elements used in electric vehicles, wind turbines, robots and missiles. China is the world's largest producer of the minerals and the government typically issues them twice a year to state-owned companies but they have been delayed this year.

Taiwan's vice president says the self-ruled democracy will not provoke a confrontation with China and seeks to communicate with Beijing on the basis of parity and respect.

With Moscow and Beijing pushing to revive the long-inactive Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral dialogue, attention has turned to New Delhi’s cautious stance. As calls grow to reboot this strategic platform — frozen since the Galwan Valley clash — can RIC regain relevance in today’s polarised global order?

Ottawa this week introduced a tariff rate quota for countries with which it has free trade agreements, excluding the U.S., and imposed additional tariffs on steel imports from all countries containing steel melted and poured in China before the end of July.

China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao told Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Thursday that he hoped multinational companies, including Nvidia, would

A new wave of purges has engulfed the senior leadership of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army. Since the 20th National Party Congress in October 2022, more than 20 senior PLA officers from all four services—the army,

China has welcomed a Russian proposal for the restoration of a three-member bloc with India, saying cooperation would be in their interests and would contribute to peace and security, raising the prospect of a revitalized alliance that could challenge U.

Lithium futures in China climbed on Thursday to a nearly three-month high after a production halt at a major lithium producer boosted sentiment for the electric vehicle battery material.