It will be only Putin's second foreign trip since the start of Moscow's armed intervention in Ukraine on Feb. 24, following a trip to Central Asia at the end of June.

The Australian minister said the first step to stabilising relations would be to resolve trade disputes between the two countries.

The battlefield focus now shifts to the neighbouring Donetsk region, where Kyiv still controls swathes of territory.

Japanese officials regularly protest the presence of Chinese coastguard vessels in waters near the islands

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Ukraine says Russia is seizing grain and other goods from locals and exporting them to fund its war effort.

The foreign minister of Belarus added that it’s the West that’s at fault this time

The Chinese embassy in Wellington hit back Friday that it had taken note of Ardern's "misguided" accusations.

Pakistan aspired to attend the BRICS outreach event for emerging economies that was joined by Algeria, Argentina, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Senegal, Uzbekistan, Malaysia and Thailand. However, India through swift and deft diplomacy blocked Pakistan from the event. Reportedly, China being the chair of the event, agreed to India in keeping its ‘all-weather ally’ out from the event.

China is not our adversary. But we must be clear eyed about the serious challenges it represents.

Any attempt to set up “an Asia-Pacific version of NATO” would only bring more turmoil, Beijing says

Dr. Pirzada says Pakistan's absence from the High-level Dialogue on the sidelines of the BRICS summit is a clear sign of China's displeasure.