Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has announced a fifth package of economic sanctions against Iran as the country continues its crackdown on human-rights protesters. Joly said in a statement that two aviation companies, Shahed Aviation Industries and Qods Aviation Industries, are being added to Canada’s sanctions list for their ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that a report claiming he had been hospitalized in Indonesia due to a heart condition was “fake news,” adding that it was a political ploy ahead of the Group of 20 (G-20) summit. “They [Western media] have been claiming that our president is sick for some 10 years….

President Joe Biden announced that he will meet Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping this month, for the pair’s first in-person meet since Biden assumed office. Speaking at a White House press conference this week, Biden said that he and Xi would confer during the G20 summit in Bali on Nov. 15 and 16,…

U.S. President Joe Biden announced that he’ll meet with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping next week for their first in-person meeting since Biden took office. Biden said at a White House press conference that he and Xi would confer on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, and that the two leaders would…

Commentary President Joe Biden reportedly agreed to a meeting with China’s dictator, Xi Jinping, to be held on the sidelines of an upcoming conference in Southeast Asia. One of two upcoming summits in November—the Group of 20 nations (G-20) summit in Indonesia and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Thailand—will be the likely location….

Russia, China, Japan, and Mexico have confirmed that they will not be attending the G20 meeting held this month in Rome which Italian officials hope will be an in-person event. While Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will be taking part via video link, Mexico will be sending Foreign Minister Marcelo…

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden is considering a second phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the White House said on Friday. This would be Biden’s second engagement with his Chinese counterpart since taking office. “Certainly, we are in touch at a very high level with Chinese leaders in terms of an upcoming call with President Xi,”…

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is communicating with senior Chinese officials but there are no immediate plans to host a second phone call between the president and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the White House said on Friday. “Certainly, we are in touch, at a very high level, with Chinese leaders. In terms of an upcoming call with…