BEIJING, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - China said Wednesday that it would not participate in denuclearisation talks with the United States and Russia, after President Donald Trump said he hoped to include Beijing in negotiations. Trump on Monday said the United States was trying to pursue denuclearisation with both countries. "I think the denuclearisation is a very -- it's a big aim. But Russia's willing to do it and I think China is going to be willing to do it too," Trump told reporters at the White House. "We can't let nuclear weapons proliferate. We have to stop nuclear weapons," he added. Russia and the United States -- former Cold War rivals -- possess almost 90 percent of the world's...
WASHINGTON, Aug 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Monday that he expects to visit China this year or shortly afterwards, noting that...
CHISINAU, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The leaders of France, Germany and Poland are due in Moldova on Wednesday in a show of support, a...
TEHRAN, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Iranian forces have killed 13 militants in a raid in the restive southeast, state media reported Wednesday, adding they...
WASHINGTON, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has said a team of its inspectors are "back in Iran," the...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Ukraine acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that Russia's army has entered the Dnipropetrovsk region, a central...
GENEVA, Aug 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The UN insisted Tuesday that Israel must not only investigate alleged unlawful killings in Gaza like the hospital strike...
KABUL, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - At least 25 people were killed and 27 injuredwhen a bus overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, authorities toldAFP,...
DAMASCUS, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Israeli drone strikes killed six Syrian soldiers outside Damascus, state television reported Wednesday, updating the toll for attacks the...
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Russian strikes across Ukraine on Wednesday killed three people and left thousands more than 100,000 households without power,...
BELGRADE, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Serbia's largest oil producer was given another 30-day reprieve from sanctions by the United States, the sixth deferral for...
JERUSALEM, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Israeli police said Wednesday that security forces seized roughly 1.5 million shekels ($447,000) of "terror funds" during a raid...
POREPUNKAH, Australia, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Police searched the Australian bush on Wednesday for a heavily armed 56-year-old gunman still on the run a...