China

China's Foreign Ministry denied restricting religious freedom on July 1 in a sharp response to Turkey for voicing concern over reports that ethnic Uighur muslims had been banned from worship and fasting during Ramadan.

China's parliament ratified an agreement with the world's largest emerging nations on July 1 to create a new development bank, state news agency Xinhua reported. 

The New Development Bank, also known as the BRICS Bank, is one of two international development banks that China is promoting as an alternative to western institutions such as the World Bank. 

China passed a wide-ranging new national security law on July 1, expanding its legal reach over the Internet and even outer space as concerns grow about ever-tighter limits on rights.

The State Department released nearly 2,000 emails from Hillary Clinton's time as top US diplomat late June 30, following orders from a federal judge.

Turkey told Beijing on June 30 that it was worried over reports Uighur people had been banned from worshiping and fasting during the holy month of Ramadan in China?s far western region of Xinjiang, the foreign ministry said. 

"China has great potential and we expect more tourists and new investments from your country in the coming period," Montenegrin Tourism Minister Branimir Gvozdenovic told a meeting with a delegation of major Chinese tour operators on Sunday.

Countries from five continents formally signed up on June 29 to the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank -- a potential rival to the Washington-based World Bank -- as Beijing steps up its global diplomatic and economic role.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli have clashed over which of them has actually displayed solidarity with the Muslim Uighur minority in China's northwestern Xinjiang region.

Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua have revealed that they will sign former Be?ikta? striker Demba Ba.

The Chinese side officially announced June 27 an agreement with the Turkish Spor Toto Super League team about the Senegalese hitman?s transfer.

Talks between Iran and the US enter a "critical phase" June 28 with tensions rising just three days from a deadline to nail down a deal thwarting any Iranian nuclear arms drive.