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An American man who worked at a U.S. military facility in Germany and allegedly offered to supply sensitive information to China has been indicted on espionage charges, German prosecutors said Monday.

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has nominated Sergio Gor, currently serving as White House Director of Presidential Personnel, to become the next U.S. ambassador to India and special envoy for South and Central Asian affairs.

A Chinese national claiming to conduct research as a “visiting scholar” at a prestigious Michigan university finds herself facing a long prison term after pleading no contest to smuggling charges and making false statements to federal officers.

Chinese officials and state media reacted with outrage when Ukraine rejected Chinese participation in postwar security.

China’s state-run Global Times propaganda newspaper published a feature on Thursday praising NBA star Stephen Curry for his visit to Chongqing, China, this week, which regime-approved experts praised as a way to help “disseminate rich Chinese culture to the international audiences.”

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday accepted bail pleas from former prime minister Imran Khan on eight of the many charges against him.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry scolded the government of President Donald Trump on Thursday for approving military deployments to the Caribbean Sea to combat large-scale drug trafficking in the region, calling it an abusive “threat of force” against its ally, socialist Venezuela.

Tesla is now offering to retrofit a turn signal stalk for owners of its refreshed Model 3, which had previously removed the standard control found in practically every modern car in favor of steering wheel buttons and touchscreen controls. The turn signal stock is currently available in China at a cost of $348, with no official word if it will be offered in America.

The Financial Times (FT) on Wednesday published a report co-authored with a research group called C4ADS about a complex global network that is moving huge amounts of oil from Russia, Iran, and Venezuela to China in defiance of sanctions.

Taiwan plans to increase its defense spending by over 22%, approaching the NATO-recommended levels requested by President Donald Trump.

Dictator Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Tibet — only his second in over 12 years as ruler of the Chinese Communist empire — to mark the 60th anniversary of China’s conquest of the Himalayan nation on Wednesday.

Taliban officials urged Japan to consider recognizing the jihadist terrorist organization as the legitimate government of Afghanistan this week as they marked the fourth anniversary of seizing power.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stated that President Donald Trump plans to hold China accountable for its purchase of Russian oil the way he’s attempting to do with India “and

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi concluded a brief visit to New Delhi on Wednesday in which he emphasized to senior officials in the Indian government Beijing’s desire to see the two countries “strengthen confidence, move toward each other, overcome disruptions, expand cooperation and consolidate the positive momentum in improving bilateral relations.”

Swiss watch company Swatch apologized on Saturday for running an advertisement that featured a model using his fingers to pull his eyes back, making a “slanted eyes” gesture, which Chinese social media users found offensive, even though the model was himself Asian.

Eileen Gu, the American skier who opted to join Team China in the 2022 Winter Olympics, was injured in what is being described as a “very terrible accident” while training in New Zealand.

A senior Russian Foreign Ministry official claimed on Wednesday that the United States would send a contestant to the revamped Intervision Song Contest, a Cold War-era competition meant to rival the much more influential Eurovision.

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Tuesday that his country is ready to participate in an international coalition to guarantee the security of Ukraine after a prospective peace deal with Russia.

China’s assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea and tensions in the Taiwan Strait threaten international security, Germany’s FM said.

China has been salivating over exploiting Afghanistan’s mineral wealth ever since the brutal Taliban regime seized power in 2021, and on Wednesday Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made an effort to seal the deal by offering the Taliban membership in China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Russia could not wage war against Ukraine without China’s support but we haven’t put impactful secondary tariffs on China because “China had always been

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on Monday ordered a rapid buildup of nuclear weapons, ostensibly because recent joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea were an “obvious expression of their will to provoke war.”

Speaking at the SPROUTS business forum in Kazan, Russia on Monday, analyst Natalia Khobrakova of the B1 consulting firm said that China has become the top investor in the Far East, with over 90% of foreign investment in the region coming from Chinese sources. That includes Russia’s Tatarstan region, where the forum was held.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would do everything in his power to save Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed on Monday that he received a phone call from his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, updating him on the results of the latter’s in-person meeting with President Donald Trump last week.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry declared Beijing supportive of “all efforts towards a peaceful settlement in Ukraine” on Monday and emphasized support for dialogue following Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s visit to Alaska on Friday to meet with President Donald Trump.

A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a former lawmaker who are wanted by the city’s authorities have been granted asylum in Great Britain and Australia, respectively.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday repeated his vow to protect Indian farmers from competition with tariffs and trade barriers, even as President Donald Trump’s punishing retaliatory tariffs of up to 50 percent on Indian goods threaten to take effect.

The Taliban jihadist terror organization held celebrations throughout Afghanistan on Friday to mark the four-year anniversary of its conquest of the country, flooding state propaganda outlets with images of young boys in Islamic garb celebrating, elaborate decorative bouquets, and calls to praise Allah for the Taliban’s continued stranglehold on power.

Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada says Afghans who resist his rule will be “subjected to the severe punishment of Allah Almighty.”

The Chinese ambassador to Seoul, Dai Bing, applauded the leftist administration of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung for its “commitment” to attacking anti-communist voices in the country after Lee described conservative assemblies as “hate rallies” and reports indicated some conservative activists are facing police questioning.

The USA Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, set the stage for a trade deal that was agreed upon just days after it hosted a delegation of cabinet officials sent by President Donald Trump.

India has reportedly shipped its first cargo of diesel fuel to China since 2021, with about 496,000 barrels of ultra-low sulfur product setting sail from the port city of Vadinar on July 18 — only a few hours before the European Union announced new restrictions on the Russia-linked company handling the shipment.

The Communist Party of China imposed a 75.8-percent tariff on Thursday on Canadian canola products, claiming that Canada was intentionally “dumping” underpriced canola seed into the Chinese market to hurt domestic farmers.