Russia criticises 'unacceptable' Western pressure on Iran over nuclear deal
Russia says Moscow and Tehran were unanimous in believing that the failure to implement the deal stemmed from the 'erroneous policy of 'maximum pressure' pursued by the US and those who think similarly'.
No decoupling, but West and China drift apart
Official data showed a 14.5% drop in July exports amid weak consumer demand in the world markets served by China - the fastest decline since the pandemic hit in 2020.
China rejects claim it is spying on Western critical infrastructure
Secureworks - an arm of Dell Technologies' - says that Chinese spies are upping their game in response to 'likely increased pressure from (Chinese) leadership to avoid public scrutiny of its cyberespionage activity.'
Russian spy chief tells 'meddling West' to go to the devil, forecasts its demise
Channelling the Kremlin's preferred view of the geopolitical landscape, Sergei Naryshkin accused the West of trying to resist a historical shift towards a multipolar world.
China keeps up campaign to pressure critics abroad despite Western backlash
Among Beijing's alleged tactics are threats of harm, online harassment and clandestine operations on foreign soil to hunt pro-democracy activists.
Belarus says it decided to host Russian nuclear weapons after Nato pressure
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow will look to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus, a staunch ally, escalating a standoff with the West.
TikTok chief faces US Congress as lawmakers mull ban
Tiktok is under immense pressure across Western countries, with government officials in the US, at the EU commission, as well as the UK and Canada forced to delete the app from their devices.
Russia bans government officials from using most foreign words
Since launching the invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Putin has said he wants to protect Russia from what he calls a degenerate West that he alleges is trying to destroy the country.
Putin accuses West of stoking global war to destroy Russia
Putin said Russia had done everything it could to avoid war, but that Western-backed Ukraine had been planning to attack Russian-controlled Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014.
North Korean cyber spies deploy new tactic: tricking foreign experts into writing research for them
The cybersecurity experts suspect the hackers are targeting people who are influential in foreign governments to better understand where Western policy is headed on North Korea.
India asked by sanctions-hit Russia for parts for key sectors, sources say
Western sanctions have crippled supplies of some crucial products in Russia.
Canada probes reports of Chinese 'police service stations' in Toronto
The stations are an extension of Beijing's efforts to pressure some Chinese nationals or their relatives abroad to return to China to face criminal charges, the reports say.
