The colorful "Microduck" robot from HuggingFace's French subsidiary Pollen Robotics has sold more than 10,000 units since launching on Thursday.

But these are normal technical and commercial frictions between long-term economic partners, not symptoms of great-power rivalry; they are resolved through bilateral working groups and iterative project adjustments. Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinpings visit, the core agenda was unmistakably economic

Iran has enough foreign currency despite US sanctions, central bank chief says Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Tuesday that Iran has sufficient foreign currency reserves despite US sanctions

Abdelmadjid Tebboune's call comes after wildfires killed at least 12 people and injured 54 in northeastern Algeria.

Trump rules out using nuclear weapons against Iran US President Donald Trump on Monday ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran, stepping back from previous threats

Vance says US now focused on free flow of commerce in Hormuz Strait US Vice President JD Vance said that Washington is now focused on "free flow of commerce" through the Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump threatened further strikes against Iran on Monday after the first exchange of direct attacks in a month, raising tensions in a conflict that had recently shifted into an economic standoff.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday published a signed article titled "Celebrating 70 Years of Solidarity, China and Egypt Embark on a New Journey" in Al-Ahram, Al-Akhbar and Al-Gomhuria ahead of his arrival in Egypt for a state visit.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China stands ready to deepen its comprehensive strategic partnership with Egypt

Economic grievances persist while space for dissent has narrowed under President Kais Saied.

President Pezeshkian says Tehran ready to act if Washington follows agreement it signed in June.

US army secretary Dan Driscoll resigns after months of tension with Hegseth US army secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)

President Donald Trump announced Friday that the U.S

The Russian and Chinese leaders met on the sidelines of the SCO summit.

Despite concerns over electricity and water consumption, US president calls on communities to embrace data centres.

Indias PM Narendra Modi told Russian President Putin that India supports every effort to end the war in Ukraine.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang chaired a State Council executive meeting in Beijing on Monday.

The third Senior Officials' Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) China concluded in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, on August 28, with participants making progress in preparations for the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting scheduled for November in Shenzhen, a Chinese spokesperson said Monday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that China stands ready to work with Kyrgyzstan to better align development strategies, deepen exchanges of experience in governance, deliver more tangible and accessible outcomes of practical cooperation, and make substantive progress in building a China-Kyrgyzstan community with a shared future.

Wang Huning, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met with Walter Rosenkranz, president of the National Council of Austria, in Beijing on Monday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to Cairo represents far more than another milestone in Egyptian-Chinese relations.

China on Monday urged Japan to severely punish a member of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces who broke into the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo with a knife, saying the incident posed a serious threat to the safety of Chinese diplomats and diplomatic facilities.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that, under his and Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategic guidance and through the joint efforts of both sides, the foundation of China-Russia relations will become ever stronger, their progress ever steadier, and their future ever brighter.

Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Aigul Japarova, wife of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, visited the National Historical Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic on Monday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that China is ready to work with Mongolia to foster more areas of growth for mutually beneficial cooperation and advance hand in hand along the respective paths of modernization.

Chinese culture finds new fans in Kyrgyzstan

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that China stands ready to work with Uzbekistan to usher in a new "golden decade" for bilateral relations, as the two sides celebrate the 10th anniversary of the China-Uzbekistan comprehensive strategic partnership.

A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday that experts and official agencies from China and Nepal have conducted assessments of the cause of the disaster, concluding that the collapse of a high-altitude glacier in Nepal triggered the mudslide.

China expresses deep condolences over the passing of Norway's King Harald V and extends its sincere sympathies to the Norwegian royal family and the government and people of Norway, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that China stands ready to work with Kyrgyzstan to better align development strategies, deepen exchanges of experience in governance, deliver more tangible and accessible outcomes of practical cooperation, and make substantive progress in building a China-Kyrgyzstan community with a shared future.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on Monday signed a bilateral treaty on permanent good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation.

Chinese, Kyrgyz presidents witness exchange of cooperation documents

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that China is making every effort to search for Chinese and foreign nationals who are missing in the mudslide disaster in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to make his first visit to India before traveling to the U.S

US forces strike two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak island US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak island on Sunday, a US official said, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since late July

Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has appeared in the first photos from US custody since his January abduction.

Mecca pact's first trilateral meeting to be held in Istanbul on Monday The first meeting under the defence pact signed by Turkey , Saudi Arabia and Pakistan , known as the Mecca Agreement, will be held in Istanbul on Monday, according to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan on Sunday evening dined and had warm and friendly discussions with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and his wife Aigul Japarova at the presidential residence in Bishkek.

Iran naval commander says force remains alive and well Irans navy is alive and well and continuing its mission, its commander Shahram Irani said, rejecting repeated claims by US President Donald Trump that all Iranian naval ships had been destroyed

Over the years, President Xi has called for building a closer SCO community with a shared future, emphasizing efforts to build an open, inclusive, clean and beautiful world marked by lasting peace, universal security and common prosperity.

"Classics Quoted by Xi Jinping," a multilingual TV program produced by China Media Group (CMG) began airing in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday, as Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to attend the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.

The China-Kyrgyzstan cooperation has ushered in a "golden period" of rapid development, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday as he landed in Bishkek for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2026 and a state visit to Kyrgyzstan.

Chinese emergency aid arrives in Nepal to support flood-hit areas

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and his wife on Sunday welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at the Manas International Airport.

Chinese police officer stays to help evacuate people before mudslide

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Bishkek on Sunday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2026 and a state visit to Kyrgyzstan.

President Xi to arrive in Kyrgyzstan for SCO summit, state visit

Rebel fighters in Myanmar lose key towns as conscription, relentless air raids and Chinese support bolster the military.

Venezuela's interim president says US energy deal will last 25 years

A glacier in Nepal collapsed at an altitude of about 5,200 meters at around 10:52 a.m

The 'Lake Ontario' sign comes in response to the US president's efforts to rename the body of water 'Lake America'.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's signed article, titled "Jointly Opening up New Prospects for the High-Quality Development of China-Kyrgyzstan Relations," has drawn strong resonance from various sectors in Kyrgyzstan ahead of his state visit to Kyrgyzstan and attendance at the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit.

Acting President Delcy Rodrguez's government in a statement said the deal involves the development of 17 fields with a proven potential of 65 billion barrels.

From political trust and common security to economic connectivity and people-to-people exchanges, Chinese President Xi Jinping has consistently championed the Shanghai Spirit as a guiding principle for cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), turning shared aspirations into concrete actions and tangible outcomes.

China offers aid package for Nepal, says Chinese FM

Araghchi says US elements use media to influence oil prices Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused elements within the Trump administration of using gullible media to influence energy prices for personal gain, claiming Irans intelligence had uncovered major efforts to game energy markets

Rescuers raced to clear roads leading to the mudslide-hit border port of Gyirong, China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

US President Donald Trump on Friday announced an unprecedented move to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves, betting that US companies can revive the OPEC nation's battered energy industry while cutting prices at the pump back home.

Iran's president says sanctions are hitting imports and exports, as its supreme leader urges less reliance on the U.S

Iran reports $7.5bn in oil revenues amid US naval blockade Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 08/29/2026 - 09:50 Fars news says oil revenues nearly met budget projections even as talks with Washington over the blockade remain stalled People shop for produce at the historic Tajrish Bazaar in northern Tehran on 25 August 2026 (AFP) Off Iran transferred $7.5bn in oil revenue from sales during the first four months of the current Iranian year to the central bank, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Saturday, as Tehran said it had continued to meet its budget targets despite a US naval blockade

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says warehouse was struck, 'followed by a detonation', causing a major fire.

Iran's president said sanctions and the US naval blockade had caused exports and imports to slump by nearly 35 percent.

Iran's Pezeshkian admits US sanctions are hurting economy Irans President Masoud Pezeshkian has admitted that US sanctions on his country are hurting its economy, despite just days ago insisting they would achieve nothing

France's nuclear tests in Algeria: A colonial legacy that still radiates 60 years later Submitted by Tassa Adidi on Wed, 08/26/2026 - 09:02 As France withholds maps and refuses to help clean radioactive sites from its Sahara nuclear tests, Algeria has begun decontamination efforts on its own An Algerian man looks at a danger sign at the entrance of the nuclear bomb test site of Tena Fila mountain at Ain Ekra, Algeria, on 25 February 2010 (Fayez Nureldine/AFP) Off Mokhtar Benabdelkader, a 30-year-old engineer living in Adrar, about 1,500km from Algiers, remembers the stories his grandfather Mohamed told him as a child about the Blue Jerboa

Lenin Moreno, 73, has also been permanently barred from holding any public office in the future.

Trump claims 'biggest oil deal in world history' signed with Venezuela US president Donald Trump said Washington has accomplished the "biggest oil deal in world history", after entering into an agreement with Venezuela

Iran ready for regional cooperation, Pezeshkian says Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was ready for cooperation and understanding with regional countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

Brazil courts more Chinese tourists as visa waiver pays off

Chinese tourism to Brazil surges 55 percent

'No end in sight': Democrats slam Trump after six months of Iran war US Democrats on Friday slammed the Trump administration for dragging out the war on Iran to its six month anniversary, warning Republicans would pay the price in the upcoming midterm elections

'My whole world stopped': How a routine ICE check-in upended a Syrian-American family Submitted by Mounira Elsamra on Tue, 08/25/2026 - 14:15 Community rallies behind Syrian business owner facing potential deportation Iemad Saifo poses for a photo with his family (Courtesy) Off When Zena Saifo arrived at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in New Jersey with her father, she expected a routine appointment

Less than a month into his presidency, Abelardo de la Espriella has announced effort to expel undocumented immigrants.

The president said graduates of the new academy would serve the US Space Force, NASA and the civilian flight industry.

A signed article by Chinese President Xi Jinping was published in the Slovo Kyrgyzstana newspaper and Kabar National News Agency on Friday.

At the invitation of the government of Zambia, Chinese President Xi Jinping's Special Envoy and Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Xian Hui will attend the inauguration of President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia in Lusaka on September 1, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Friday.