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Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss ways to deepen their countries’ “comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation,” the Kremlin said.

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Taiwan’s foreign ministry said in a statement following Trump’s comments that “Beijing has no right to claim jurisdiction over Taiwan.”

The “meticulously planned and very complex mission” eliminated Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the Islamic State group’s second in command globally, Trump said.

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President Donald Trump said he was still deliberating a major arms sale to Taiwan, floating what would amount to a significant change in American foreign policy following a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. “I’ll make a determination over the next fairly short period. I’m gonna make a determination,” he told reporters of…

Xi Jinping opened his Beijing summit with Trump by asking whether the two powers could avoid the “Thucydides Trap” — then warned that mishandling Taiwan could lead to war.

Rescue teams in the Maldives continued recovery operations after the country’s deadliest diving accident killed five Italian divers.

Fans rioted after a disputed referee decision ended a Libyan league match in Tarhunah, with violence spreading to Tripoli where the Government of National Unity’s headquarters was set on fire.

Residents of Jabalia bury two Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike on a wake, as Gaza reports nearly 73,000 dead and truce violations persist.