As 2025 draws to a close, a review of Chinese President Xi Jinping's diplomatic engagements throughout the year reflects China's firm and steady strides on the global stage.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Kiev is in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump over the possible deployment of U.S. troops within the framework of security guarantees for Ukraine, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.
At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President of the Republic of Korea Lee Jae Myung will pay a state visit to China from Jan. 4 to 7, 2026, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Tuesday.
The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a presidential statement marking the 30th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the 1992-1995 Bosnian War.
China strongly deplores the demolition of a monument to China's contributions to the Panama Canal by a local government in Panama and has lodged protests with the Panamanian side, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on the progress in the latest U.S.-Ukraine negotiations, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said Monday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Kiev launched an overnight drone attack targeting the presidential residence in Russia's northwestern region of Novgorod.
Marking the 55th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Italy, 2025 saw interactions between the two ancient civilizations flourish across political, economic and cultural fields.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that the two sides are "getting a lot closer, maybe very close" to a peace deal to end the Ukraine crisis after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a long-range strategic cruise missile launching drill on Sunday, overseen by the country's top leader Kim Jong Un, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday.
A passenger train carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members derailed on a bridge near Nizanda in southeastern Mexico on Sunday, leaving several people trapped and injured, the Secretariat of the Navy said on social media.
Syria's central bank on Sunday issued detailed guidelines for the launch of a new national currency, confirming plans to remove two zeros from the Syrian pound as part of a major monetary reform planned for 2026.
At midnight Sunday local time, the "Phoenix Flag," a symbol of South Korea's presidency, was raised at Cheong Wa Dae, which is widely known as the Blue House, after a hiatus of three years and seven months.
In 2025, the Asia-Pacific region stood at a crossroads of contradiction: border skirmishes and diplomatic rifts tested its stability, yet multilateral cooperation and economic integration forged a pathway to resilience.