China and Russia’s growing military-technical cooperation aims to preserve strategic stability, but it could have the opposite effect.

Trump has warned that if any country introduces retaliatory duties, Washington would increase its tariff rates. Tokayev's comments suggest that like other countries, Kazakhstan will seek to get a deal with the U.S. over the line in the next three weeks.

Washington said its response to the treatment of Glavprodukt — the only American company seized by Moscow — would affect the planned reset of U.S.-Russia relations, which now appears deadlocked,” the report said.

A U.S.-owned canned food company seized by Russia to safeguard domestic food supplies is planning to boost dwindling sales with exports to China and North Korea, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and people familiar with the matter.

Russia and China would be the first nuclear powers to sign a treaty barring use of the weapons in Southeast Asia.

Some U.S. officials talked about an “axis” of authoritarian nations, but the American and Israeli war with Iran has exposed the limits of that idea.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia on Thursday.

After Iran’s Parliament voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, Beijing’s foreign-affairs spokesperson stressed—in what looked like a warning to Iran —that the Persian Gulf is a crucial global trade route for goods and energy, and called for partners to “prevent the regional turmoil from having a greater impact on global economic growth.”

Military officials have warned that the air superiority the US and its allies have enjoyed for decades may not be possible in modern war.

Bilateral relations between India and China have improved since the 2020 clash - but larger challenges remain.