The United States and Russia stand on the brink of a nuclear arms race. Their final arms control treaty expires soon. Without a deal, long-range nuclear arsenals will be unconstrained for the first ...

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The return of Ueno Zoo’s last giant pandas underscores how an animal became a diplomatic symbol — and what happens when that symbol is withdrawn.

So much so that Australian foreign and strategic policy is being made in the rear vision mirror. Still looking back to a ...

After years of frosty relations, Canada’s Mark Carney is visiting China to rebuild ties amid tensions with the United States. Carney’s trip is part of a major rethink by Ottawa and an attempt to ...

BEIJING (AP) — A leader of Canada is visiting China this week for the first time in nearly a decade, a bid to rebuild the country’s fractured relations with the world’s second-largest economy — and ...

Onetime allies, the United States and Iran have seen tensions escalate repeatedly in the four decades since the Islamic ...

Chinese concerns over the US-Taiwan relationship have existed for decades. Those ties have been driven by Cold War machinations, Taiwan’s material significance to the US, and its strategic interests.

South Korea President Lee Jae-myung shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping during a summit meeting in Beijing, China, Jan. 5, 2026. Credit: Facebook/ Lee Jae-myung South Korean President Lee ...

SHANGHAI, Jan 4 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung began a state visit to China on Sunday, hoping to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula hours after rival North Korea launched ...