Beijing

Just a week after the two Asian neighbours ended a tense standoff in Doklam, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to maintain cordial bilateral ties and to ensure regional peace.

Alarmed by China's expanding economic role and its huge investments in the region's infrastructure projects, NATO's onetime Secretary General Javier Solana believes the Balkan countries could "change their motivation and become part of the EU's institutional model."

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned yesterday of a global catastrophe unless a diplomatic solution is reached over North Korea, but rejected U.S. calls for more sanctions as "useless," widening a split among major powers over how to rein in Pyongyang.

Hyundai Motor Co is at loggerheads with its Chinese partner over efforts to cut supplier costs, as they grapple with cut-throat competition and the impact of a stand-off between Beijing and Seoul, four people familiar with the dispute said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping sought yesterday to move past a tense border dispute with India, telling Prime Minister Narendra Modi the two nuclear-armed neighbors should pursue "healthy, stable" relations, according to China's state media.

Beijing is waging a campaign of harassment against Chinese activists who seek to testify at the United Nations about repression, while the world body sometimes turns a blind eye or is even complicit, Human Rights Watch has said.

The future of economic development in China's far western Xinjiang region lies behind the shattered glass door of a welcome center on the outskirts of the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar.

North Korea says it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb on Sunday. It is its sixth long-range missile test, marking a dramatic escalation of the the regime’s stand-off with the United States and its allies.

China has appointed new commanders of its army and air force in a reshuffle ahead of next month's Communist Party congress, as President Xi Jinping brings new blood into the military's top ranks amid an ambitious modernisation program.

Kosovo is optimistic about its admission to Interpol. At the end of September Interpol's Executive Committee will vote on whether to accept the country in its ranks, Kosovo State Television RTK2 announced.

Prime Minister Isa Moussa leaves for Beijing on September 26th, where the Interpol supreme body will meet.