China and North Korea Strengthen Strategic Ties as Kim Jong-un Reaffirms Partnership with Xi Jinping

China and North Korea’s friendship is “unbreakable,” Xi Jinping declared during his June 8-9 state visit to Pyongyang — his first trip to North Korea in seven years and his first overseas visit of 2026. Kim Jong-un received the Chinese leader from what analysts described as an unusually strong position, with North Korea’s weapons program […]

Latest on Iran and US-Israel War: Tehran Holds Firm as Qatar Pushes for Diplomatic Breakthrough

The latest on Iran and US-Israel war shows a conflict that has settled into an uneasy diplomatic phase, with military activity down from its peak but the underlying tensions anything but resolved. Qatar is hosting discussions with American envoys while Tehran holds to its position that any progress depends on Iran’s conditions being met first. […]

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