投稿者: Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
PM to claim if US rejects Mauritius’s claim to own the islands, Beijing will be drawn into the regional disputeKeir Starmer is to urge Donald Trump to recognise that a US rejection of Mauritius’s legal claim to own the Chagos Islands, including the str…
Comments part of debate over whether Beijing backs Kim Jong-un’s decision to send troops to fight in UkraineChina is increasingly uncomfortable about North Korea’s engagement with Russia and finds the growing cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow un…
Relatives and campaigners hope Labour will usher in a step-change in the handling of hostage casesGurpreet Singh Johal is sitting in a London hotel lobby the night before he is due to meet David Lammy.He recalls in his soft Scottish burr that this will…
Russian president sidesteps claims after US said it had seen evidence 3,000 troops had been sentVladimir Putin has sidestepped claims that North Korea has sent soldiers to Russia, insisting that it was up to Moscow how to run its mutual defence clause …
Growing diplomatic row as police say they have evidence of Delhi’s links to murder of Sikh leader in CanadaBritain joined its Five Eyes intelligence partners on Wednesday in saying India’s cooperation with Canada’s legal process was “the right next ste…
Jagtar Singh Johal is being arbitrarily detained and targeted for his human rights activism, say campaignersDelhi’s high court has denied bail to the British activist Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been imprisoned in India for nearly seven years, in seven…
Row may signal that newly elected Tehran government is willing to take tougher line with MoscowIran’s new reformist government has warned Russia against siding with Azerbaijan in a border dispute as concerns in Tehran persist over its relations with Mo…
Hugh Bayley says NGOs would also benefit as he releases report on impact of UK programme in AfghanistanThe UK should consider restoring its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan to support Afghan women and to help monitor the impact of British aid, a comm…
While the US flounders in a conflict it did not foresee, emerging powers see a chance for new voices to join the top tableNot long ago a picture circulated from inside Gaza showing smoke billowing from the explosion of a US-supplied bomb, and discernib…
Letter aims to bring public anger over 30,000 deaths of Palestinians in Gaza into heart of parliamentsMore than 200 MPs from 12 countries have committed themselves to trying to persuade their governments to impose a ban on arms sales to Israel, arguing…
Iran claims attack in south-west Balochistan province destroyed two strongholds of Sunni militant groupMiddle East crisis: latest updatesIranian military officials were hailing one of the biggest projections of force in its recent history as Pakistan w…
Afghan affiliate of IS claims responsibility for blasts in memorial crowd as Tehran tightens security on its eastern bordersMiddle East crisis – live updatesIslamic State has claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on a crowd in southern Iran mar…
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev has met Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan for bilateral talks in St PetersburgAzerbaijani officials have said the country could be closing in on a peace agreement with Armenia to end their decades-long conflict following it…
Russian president blames US for Gaza conflict as he attempts to woo global south Israel-Hamas war – live updatesUS unilateralism has wrecked the chances of peace in the Middle East, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, told a crisis Brics meeting on …
Parliamentarians from 15 countries urge reduction in vote to signal disapproval of country’s crackdown on Uyghur populationAn effort is under way to drive down the Chinese vote at the UN human rights council this week in an attempt to show continuing w…