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UK Foreign Secretary Lammy urges China against supporting Russia's military

Oct. 18, 2024 23:04 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Britain's foreign secretary raised concerns about China's support of Russia in its war against Ukraine on Friday, urging his Chinese counterpart to prevent Chinese firms from supplying to Russia's military in a meeting in Beijing. David Lammy made the comments as he...

Middle East latest: Israel faces mounting criticism over attacks on UN peacekeepers

Oct. 14, 2024 22:46 PM EDT

Criticism mounted Monday over attacks on United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated the warning for them to temporarily leave the area where the military is operating against Hezbollah militants. The U.N. Security Council...

What to know from the UN: China, Russia have their say, and a frog metaphor makes a cameo

Sep. 28, 2024 22:42 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China and Russia got their turns at the U.N. General Assembly podium on Saturday, but — per usual — their top leaders didn't speak. Instead, they turned to their foreign ministers, WANG YI and SERGEY LAVROV. Wang's speech, per usual for China at the U.N.,...

China, at UN, warns against 'expansion of the battlefield' in the Ukraine war

Sep. 28, 2024 14:23 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Three days before his communist government turns 75, China's foreign minister warned fellow leaders Saturday against an “expansion of the battlefield” in Russia's war with Ukraine and said the Beijing government remains committed to shuttle diplomacy and efforts to push the...

Japan asks China to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens after a schoolboy was fatally stabbed

Sep. 24, 2024 07:56 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top diplomat asked China to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens there after the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy, and demanded a crackdown on what she called “groundless, malicious and anti-Japanese” social media posts that threaten children's safety. ...

What to know from the UN: Leaders speak of emerging threats, hints of war as big meeting nears

Sep. 24, 2024 02:40 AM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The security cordons are up. The streets are ready to be sealed off. Aircraft from myriad nations are landing in New York. It all means one thing for the eastern part of Manhattan: The yearly gathering of world leaders at the United Nations is at hand. ...

At the UN, world leaders try to lay out a vision for the future — and actually make it happen

Sep. 23, 2024 17:17 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a “Pact for the Future” to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Now comes the hard part: uniting the world’s divided nations to move quickly to implement the agreement's 56 actions. As Czech President Petr Pavel put...

An American pastor detained in China for nearly 20 years has been released

Sep. 16, 2024 14:43 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Christian pastor from California has been freed from China after nearly 20 years behind bars and is back home in the U.S., the State Department said Monday. David Lin, 68, was detained after he entered China in 2006, later convicted of contract fraud and...

China's Xi Jinping to visit Russia next month for the BRICS summit

Sep. 12, 2024 23:41 PM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Russia next month for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed Thursday, a move that comes as Moscow and Beijing seek to counter the West’s global influence. Xi's visit to...