China is responding to Trump's energy-centric executive actions with a global diplomatic blitz. China courts the Middle East without push back from Washington.

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Tuesday he did not see Donald Trump's new administration increasing the risk of an ...

Even as China continues to foster closer relations with Iran and its regional proxies—notably the Houthis in Yemen—it isn't ...

Iran's Culture Minister Seyyed Abbas Salehi said on Sunday that Iran and Saudi Arabia could promote relations in the fields of culture, art and media. He made the remarks at a press conference in ...

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The Middle East is undergoing a profound transformation as new rivalries reshape its geopolitical order. For decades, the ...

China's crude oil imports from Russia hit a record high in 2024, while imports from Saudi Arabia declined, reflecting a shift in China's sourcing strategy amid geopolitical tensions and sanctions.

China is believed to have a minor but growing influence in the region, brokering the restoration of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran last year. The United States has urged China to ...

Post-1979, Iran was inherently anti-American, which meant that China was more likely to be warmly received by Tehran, especially when compared to other regional powers like Saudi Arabia that had ...

On Chinese social media, some want Iran to go nuclear – but others think it should learn from China’s “reform and opening.” ...

The main reason oil sold off is because Trump is calling on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to lower oil prices, Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at the Price Futures Group, ...

According to rights group, Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia conducted the world’s third-highest number of executions in 2023, after China and Iran. The use of the death penalty by Riyadh is ...