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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

China

From left, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, meet with reporters after their meeting at Diaoyutai State Guest House on March 14, 2025 in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP)
March 14, 2025, 1:16 pm
China, Russia and Iran call for end to US sanctions on Iran, urge holding talks
At summit, three allies say ‘dialogue based on the principle of mutual respect’ is only viable option to resolving issue of Tehran’s nuclear program
By AP and ToI Staff
A TikTok logo is shown on a phone in San Francisco, January 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
February 14, 2025, 9:23 am
TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores in US, after Trump postpones ban
Move comes after US president, who originally supported banning Chinese app for national security reasons, delayed its enforcement after election win
By Zen Soo
An Iranian military speedboat patrols the waters as a tanker prepares to dock at the oil facility on Khark Island, Iran, on March 12, 2017. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
February 6, 2025, 8:23 pm
First new US sanctions under Trump target network delivering Iranian oil to China
Measures against alleged front company for Iranian military come after Trump signs order resuming ‘maximum pressure’ campaign, aimed at ‘driving Iran’s oil exports to zero’
By AFP
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, January 31, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 2, 2025, 8:02 am
Trump launches trade war with tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
In three executive orders, US president imposes 25% tariffs on Mexican, Canadian imports and 10% on China; Canada, Mexico announce retaliatory tariffs on US goods
By David Lawder, Jarrett Renshaw and Andrea Shalal
Sarah Baus, left, and Tiffany Cianci, who says she is a 'long-form educational content creator,' livestream to TikTok outside the Supreme Court, on Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
January 17, 2025, 8:14 pm
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company
Justices say national security risk is greater than free speech concerns; app won’t disappear for existing users, but new users won’t be able to download and updates won’t be available
By Mark Sherman
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers search for survivors in the aftermath of an earthquake in Changsuo Township of Dingri in Xigaze, southwestern China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Jan. 7, 2025. (Xinhua via AP)
January 7, 2025, 11:26 am
At least 95 killed, 130 injured as 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Tibet
Officials say 1,000 houses damaged as result of relatively shallow tremor; epicenter was about 75 km northeast of Mount Everest; aftershocks felt throughout western China and Nepal
By KEN MORITSUGU
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at a press conference in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2024. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
January 5, 2025, 4:47 am
Iranian foreign minister warns of ‘large-scale war’ if Israel attacks again
In week-old comments aired Saturday, Araghchi tells Chinese broadcaster that Tehran is prepared for an Israeli strike, says Iran will pursue diplomacy and ‘reason will prevail’
By ToI Staff
Cleaning workers disinfect the Western Wall due to the COVID-19 virus in the Old City of Jerusalem, March 31, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2025, 7:57 pm
5 years later: Things we know and still don’t know about COVID-19
Half a decade after a viral outbreak in Wuhan, China, forever changed the world, a look at the global pandemic and its ongoing effects
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, laura ungar and Mike Stobbe
An activist pays his respect in front of portraits of Tibetan political prisoners released in 2015 from Chinese jails during an event organized by Students for a Free Tibet in Dharamshala, India, December 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
December 23, 2024, 8:51 am
In Dharamshala, nonviolent Tibetan leaders grapple with Chinese occupation, Gaza war
As Israel and regional terror organizations battle it out, pacifist Buddhist scholars and activists see parallels – and crucial differences – between themselves and the Middle East
By Eliyahu Freedman
US President Joe Biden, right, meets with US President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2024. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
December 11, 2024, 4:15 pm
Biden okays memo that may guide Trump policy on China, Iran, North Korea and Russia
As cooperation between US rivals intensifies, current White House suggests next administration boosts interagency ties, intel sharing between allies, sanctions effectiveness
By AAMER MADHANI
Members of the Syrian community wave Syrian flags in Berlin, Germany, and celebrate the end of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's rule after rebel fighters took control of the Syrian capital Damascus on December 8, 2024. (Frank ZELLER / AFP)
December 8, 2024, 3:25 pm
Global leaders urge calm, stability after rebels oust Assad regime
US says ‘closely monitoring’ situation, while senior Russian lawmaker predicts civil war will continue; others warn against letting terror groups seize power
By Agencies
US Senator Marco Rubio speaks before Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, October 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
November 14, 2024, 12:37 am
Trump officially taps Marco Rubio for secretary of state in new US administration
Ex-Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, who met Syria’s Assad after chemical weapons attack and called Trump’s killing of Iran’s Soleimani ‘illegal,’ is picked as national intel director
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pople look at barriers set up where a man deliberately rammed his car into people exercising, killing at least 35 and injuring many others, in Zhuhai, in southern China's Guangdong province, November 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
November 12, 2024, 4:03 pm
35 dead as driver rams into crowd at sports center in southern Chinese city
62-year-old man detained for attack in Zhuhai, police say he was motivated by financial problems after divorce; Tokyo warns citizens in China not to speak Japanese loudly
By HUIZHONG WU
US voters fill out their ballots at the Stamford Government Center on the first day of early voting on October 21, 2024 in Stamford, Connecticut. (John Moore/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)
October 22, 2024, 8:35 pm
US intelligence says Iran, Russia and China hope to stoke post-election violence
While foreign actors unlikely to alter results of Nov. 5 vote, officials warn they remain intent on fanning divisive narratives to undermine confidence in democratic process
By Jonathan Landay and Patricia Zengerle
Iran's newly sworn-in president Masoud Pezeshkian, right, meets Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh, at the President's office in Tehran, Iran, July 30, 2024. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
July 31, 2024, 12:28 pm
Blaming Israel, Iran’s leaders vow to make it ‘regret’ killing Haniyeh in Tehran
Khamenei promises to avenge Hamas leader; newly installed President Pezeshkian says country will defend ‘territorial integrity, honor’; Russia, Turkey also condemn killing
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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