President Donald Trump’s sweeping upending of US foreign policy has alarmed allies and nations in need – as his administration has frozen foreign aid, threatened to take control of other countries’ sovereign territory,

A senior Democratic senator on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security to take a tough line on China, citing Chinese startup DeepSeek's artificial intelligence technology.

New research suggests President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs on imports from China could hit the American economy more than official US trade data indicate.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to comment in response to a question about whether the United States would ever allow China to take control of Taiwan by force. "I never comment on that," Trump said at the White House.

The United States imposed sanctions on six entities based in Hong Kong and China on Wednesday that it accused of being involved in an Iranian drone procurement network, as the Trump administration implements its "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran.

Putin welcomed the idea of sweeping joint defense cuts and suggested the world's biggest defense spender could join.

New Zealand's foreign minister said he had raised concerns over China's recent live-fire drills in the Tasman Sea during meetings with Chinese leaders on Wednesday. The issue was a lack of notice given to New Zealand over the military exercises off its coast,

Taiwan says China violated norms and caused a "high degree of danger" by announcing "live-fire exercises without prior warning" just off its coast.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on Wednesday introduced discounted off-peak pricing for developers looking to use its AI models to build their own products, its website showed, a move that could put pressure on rivals in China and overseas to cut prices.

The Russian president says he agrees with Donald Trump's aim to slash arms expenditure by 50 percent, after peace is achieved.

New Zealand’s foreign minister is meeting senior officials in China just days after New Zealand and Australia said that Chinese warships should have given more warning before live-fire exercises in waters between their countries.

Taiwan's defense ministry says China launched live-fire drills barely 40 miles off the coast of Taiwan on Wednesday with no prior warning.