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Recent interactions involving the US and Taiwan are not expected to derail the current momentum in relations between Washington and mainland China, according to diplomatic analysts. Beijing was taking a pragmatic approach to navigating the complexities of the Taiwan issue, they said, but the fate of a US$14 billion arms package for the island remained a key concern. During President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to the United States, Xi urged his hosts to “adhere to the correct position of opposing...

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday expressed her deep concern over the U.S. government's decision to add the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, the Netherlands, to its sanctions list. In a social media post, Takaichi said that the U.S. decision, announced earlier in the day, is "incompatible with" Japan's position. "Japan has consi...

US President Donald Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court on Friday, hours after one of its former judges won the Nobel Peace Prize, putting Washington on a diplomatic collision course with European allies. The ICC’s deputy prosecutor, Nazhat Shameem Khan, condemned the sanctions and said they would not halt the tribunal’s work. The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges....

China should avoid taking a “confrontational posture” over a new security pact between the United States, Denmark and Greenland as it might end up being excluded from engagement on the emerging Arctic order. That was the warning from Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s National Institute of Strategic Studies (NISS), a Chinese think tank, in a report released on Wednesday. It also said the US was unlikely to turn the northern polar region into its “exclusive strategic backyard”. The report noted that...

A proposed public firing-squad execution discussed by the US defense secretary is a “medieval” idea that could damage the Republicans ahead of the midterms, according to Morris Reid, Partner at Actum, who served in the Clinton Administration. Speaking to Francine Lacqua on "The Pulse", Reid says this shows a lack of coordination within the Trump administration as it braces for "challenging" elections. (Source: Bloomberg)

Flavio Bolsonaro said he would work with the US and China if he becomes Brazil’s president, after a surprise election performance left him poised to join a wave of conservative leaders pushing Latin America closer to Washington. “I’m not going to pick sides,” Bolsonaro said at an event in Brasilia on Thursday. “My side will be the Brazilian people, whether we’re dealing with China, Israel, the Middle East, Argentina or India. It doesn’t matter. That’s how I’m going to govern.” Bolsonaro finished...

The United States has downgraded Hong Kong to the lowest tier in its annual human trafficking report, citing shortcomings in prosecutions and victim identification, an assessment the city’s government rejected as “entirely unfounded”. The US State Department’s 2026 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, released on Thursday, moved Hong Kong from the Tier 2 Watch List, where it had been listed for two consecutive years, to Tier 3. That places the city alongside mainland China and Macau among 20...

Flávio Bolsonaro said he would work with the US and China if he becomes Brazil’s president, after a surprise election performance left him poised to join a wave of conservative leaders pushing Latin America closer to Washington.

A second visit by one of the top US naval officers to India this year has raised expectations that the two countries can insulate their growing military ties from trade tensions. US Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, who leads the US Pacific Command, is scheduled to leave India on Thursday after spending six days meeting with senior Indian defence officials and others. The talks, which follow Paparo’s visit to India in February, come as Washington weighs further tariff pressure on India over its...

The US has ended its military mission in Iraq, a move analysts said could give Baghdad more room for diversified partnerships and indirectly benefit China’s energy and commercial interests. But they cautioned that the shift was unlikely to create a power vacuum for Beijing to fill, with China lacking both the ambition and capacity to take on the US security role. The United States formally ended its Operation Inherent Resolve mission in Iraq on September 30, completing a withdrawal agreed on in...

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro says a government under him would join the US-led Shield of the Americas, 18 days before the 25 October runoff. The post Flávio Bolsonaro Vows to Join US Security Pact appeared first on The Rio Times.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday flexed American power and called on Europe to shake off its “long slumber” in a rousing speech delivered beneath the Acropolis in Athens. “We believe that Europe can awaken from its long slumber and rekindle the fire that was lit here millennia ago,” Rubio said in a speech attended by senior Greek officials at Pnyx hill, praising ancient Greece’s civilisation as the cradle of Western democracy. “Across this continent, we are witnessing what we hope...

Colombia geopolitics in 2026: how President De la Espriella is realigning with the US and Israel, and where China, Venezuela and Europe fit. The post Colombia Geopolitics Explained 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

US Vice President Vance’s call for reduced nuclear enrichment suggests room for compromise, but major obstacles remain.

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...

Quebec separatists eyed a return to power in Canada’s majority French-speaking province on Monday in an election that could test Prime Minister Mark Carney’s message of national unity to confront the United States. Carney is popular in Quebec and the possible success of the separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) is not seen as a repudiation of his stance towards US President Donald Trump, whose trade war and annexation threats have infuriated Canadians. Instead, the PQ’s rise after 12 years in...

Rubio visits Iceland, says no direct link between the removal of US bombers and suspicions of a terrorist act in the UK

A reported plan to station US defence personnel inside Taiwan’s military headquarters would take cooperation from external help into the heart of defence planning, potentially angering Beijing while raising questions over Taipei’s policymaking autonomy and military secrecy. According to Taiwanese media reports at the weekend, the Pentagon plans to send one official from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defence for Policy and one expert from the Institute for Defence Analyses (IDA) to work on...

A Laotian citizen deported by the United States to eSwatini under Donald Trump administration’s immigration crackdown was released from a maximum-security prison in the African nation on Sunday after being held there for more than a year, his lawyer said. Phone Chomsavanh was among five immigrants deported to eSwatini – where he has no ties – in July 2025, in the early days of the Trump administration’s secretive and highly contentious third-country deportation programme. Chomsavanh’s US-based...

Zheng Yongnian is a political scientist in China and a government adviser. His academic work is mainly about contemporary China, particularly politics, the country’s transformation and its external relations. This interview first appeared in SCMP Plus. For other interviews in the Open Questions series, click here. Many have offered a lukewarm assessment of the Xi-Trump summit in Washington, citing the lack of a breakthrough. What is your take? There are two primary views right now. One is...

Tehran says reopening Strait of Hormuz has been its main goal, while the US continues to focus on nuclear talks.

Annual Latinobarometro survey finds views of China’s influence improving as perceptions of US influence worsen.

Not so long ago, Washington’s approach to relations with Beijing was anchored by a single assertive phrase: dealing “from a position of strength”. It was rooted in a unipolar mindset: a belief that the United States could dictate terms, manage competition unilaterally and demand compliance from a distance. Yet, at their recent summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump formally established a new strategic framework: a “constructive strategic stability relationship based...

Christa Pike is in critical condition after two failed attempts to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyer says.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress on 21 September 2026 that human-rights conditions on US$320 million of Egypt's military aid are waived. The post US Waives Rights Rules on US$320m Egypt Military Aid appeared first on The Rio Times.

O presidente dos Estados Unidos (EUA), Donald Trump, afirmou nesta quinta-feira (1º) que acompanha "muito de perto" as eleições brasileiras, que ocorrerão daqui a três dias, em 1º turno. A declaração foi dada em resposta à pergunta de uma jornalista, na saída da Casa Branca, antes do presidente norte-americano embarcar em uma aeronave para o Texas. "Estou acompanhando [as eleições] muito de perto. O Brasil é um país muito importante. É um grande país. As pessoas no Brasil são fantásticas. É uma eleição muito importante", disse Trump, sem citar nomes ou declaração de apoio a nenhum concorrente, como já fez recentemente em outras eleições presidenciais, como a da Colômbia. A fala do líder estadunidense ocorre em meio a tensões recentes entre os governos brasileiro e norte-americano e a preocupações no Brasil sobre possível interferência estrangeira no processo eleitoral. Em setembro, relatório da Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (Abin) apontou risco de influência ou interferência dos Estados Unidos nas eleições de 2026. No documento, a inteligência brasileira classifica a possibilidade de interferência externa com um "nível de criticidade" e contextualiza o problema dizendo que "a reafirmação da hegemonia dos EUA na América Latina” é prioridade do segundo governo do presidente norte-americano Donald Trump. Segundo a Abin, o objetivo seria afastar ‘rivais dos EUA’, como a China, de ativos estratégicos, riquezas naturais e infraestruturas na região. A avaliação da Abin indica ainda que houve intensificação das ações dos Estados Unidos em relação ao Brasil ao longo dos últimos meses. Além da ingerência nas eleições, o Brasil vem sendo alvo de medidas econômicas e políticas prejudiciais aos interesses nacionais. Em julho, o governo brasileiro negou visto a dois funcionários do Departamento de Estado dos EUA que pretendiam conversar com autoridades eleitorais brasileira sobre liberdade de expressão relacionada às eleições. A visita ocorreria depois de eventos envolvendo políticos que questionaram as urnas eletrônicas. Especialistas ouvidos pela Agência Brasil avaliaram riscos associados a possíveis ações cibernéticas e à atuação de grandes plataformas digitais. 

Six sources from Syria, the US and Lebanon told Reuters news agency the reported meeting aimed to calm tensions.

Speaking during a two-day gathering of G20 trade minister, Maxim Reshetnikov said the rules were being 'dismantled' while the new ones remain 'unclear'.

We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trade, Taiwan and ‘strategic stability’: key Xi-Trump takeaways overall Here are the key takeaways from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s whirlwind 43-hour trip to the United States, his first state visit to the country in more than a decade, after US President Donald Trump pulled out all the...

A new E1 sanctions bill could test whether US objections are finally backed by consequences.