Beijing is hoping to use an expanded free trade deal to portray itself as the bloc’s alternative to the United States.

Despite Beijing’s stated policy of “noninterference,” analysts say its efforts to shape Myanmar’s civil war have made the conflict more intractable.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urges Southeast Asian nations to strengthen their maritime forces to counter China's actions in the South China Sea.

President Trump touted another peace agreement the U.S. helped sponsor between Cambodia and Thailand during a trip to Malaysia on Sunday. He also said he's ending wars "as a hobby," but it is something the United Nations "should be doing -- but they're not.

Beijing has denied US President Donald Trump's claim that China is one of the nations making and testing nuclear weapons. Trump has earlier claimed that China, Russia, North Korea and Pakistan are among the nations that are testing their nukes.

American farmers welcomed China's promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned this won't solve all their problems as they continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer, tractors, repair parts and seeds.

But she also voiced a concern shared by more and more of China’s people. “Everyone feels it. Summers are hotter, winters are dryer. We respect nature. But how can an individual deal with the problems of the whole atmosphere?

Iran appears to be stepping up the rebuilding of its ballistic missile program, despite the reintroduction last month of United Nations sanctions that ban arms sales to the country and ballistic missile activity.

India will be the world’s next superpower right up there with the United States and China, and the United Nations (UN) will continue to weaken unless India joins the expanded UN Security Council as a permanent member,