Quadrilateral FMs meeting backs Pakistan's initiative to host US-Iran talks

​Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a congratulatory message to Denis Sassou Nguesso on his re-election as president of the Republic of the Congo.

Australia's public broadcaster, the ABC, recently published an article titled "China doesn't want its politicians talking with reporters. Here's what happened when we tried." It recounts the writer's experience covering China's national Two Sessions in early March as a new correspondent in Beijing. As a Chinese reporter who has covered the Two Sessions, China's most important annual political event, several times, I want to start by giving this peer some genuine credit and then share my experiences.

The University of Sheffield held a graduation ceremony in Beijing on March 29 — one of its first such events in China in over a decade. The president of the university also traveled to Beijing to attend.

Three Chinese vessels have navigated through the Strait of Hormuz recently with the facilitation and coordination of relevant sides, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning confirmed on Tuesday.

​U.S. President Donald Trump has told aides that he's willing to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday night, citing Trump administration officials.

The United States struck a large ammunition depot in the Iranian city of Isfahan using 2,000-pound bunker-buster bombs, the Wall Street Journal reported late Monday, citing an official.

​U.S. President Donald Trump "would be quite interested" in calling on Arab countries to help pay for the costs related to the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday.

​The U.S. Embassy in Venezuela's capital resumed operations on Monday, roughly three months after U.S. forces raided the South American country and forcibly seized its president, Nicolas Maduro.

​The 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization concluded early Monday in Cameroon's capital of Yaounde.

​Relevant Iranian institutes, including the parliament, are considering the country's withdrawal from the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday.

​Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday the recent truce plan proposed by the United States contains "very excessive, unrealistic and unreasonable" demands.

​Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that Alireza Tangsiri, chief commander of its navy, died after sustaining severe injuries while performing his duties.

​Russia will continue working on oil supplies to Cuba as the Caribbean island nation faces a severe energy shortage, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday.

China has announced countermeasures against Keiji Furuya, member of Japan's House of Representatives, for his egregious moves including collusion with "Taiwan independence" separatist forces for provocative moves, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.

​One month after the United States and Israel launched military strikes on Iran, rising energy prices and supply risks are rippling through Europe's economies.

​The United States Coast Guard allowed a Russian-owned crude oil tanker to reach Cuba after months of oil blockade to the country, The New York Times reported Sunday.

​More than 1,000 Japanese citizens gathered again in Shinjuku, one of Tokyo's busiest districts, on Sunday evening to protest a series of dangerous policy moves since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took office, demanding the government properly handle the incident in which a Japanese Self-Defense Forces officer forcibly entered the Chinese embassy in Japan and immediately apologize to China.

​The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, approved the 2026 state budget on Monday in its final reading, averting a government collapse and an early election, according to local media.

​U.S. President Donald Trump said he wants to take the oil in Iran and could seize Kharg Island, the country's oil export hub.

​Several areas in the Iranian capital Tehran and the neighboring Alborz province came under U.S. and Israeli attacks on Sunday night, which led to blackouts in a number of neighborhoods, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.