Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Pyongyang next month as ties between the two countries improve amid mounting US-China trade tensions, The Straits Times reported, without citing anyone. Xi has been invited by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the country’s founding on September 9, the paper said. The visit would be ...

Bloomberg The whirlwind tearing through international relations that is US President Donald Trump may be forcing Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin into a marriage of convenience after years of antagonism. On Saturday, the German chancellor hosted the Russian president at an 18th century Baroque palace near Berlin, their first bilateral meeting in Germany since before Putin’s 2014 annexation of Crimea ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has affirmed that the UAE, under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is moving forward in enhancing its approach to supporting international humanitarian principles via numerous development initiatives and ...