He may be the Kremlin’s closest ally, but his loyalty remains in doubt. When Alexander Lukashenko, the eccentric and brutal leader of Belarus, forced down a European passenger jet Sunday to arrest a dissident, he ushered in a new and even more brittle phase in one of the post-Soviet region’s most convoluted and consequential relationships: the one between Lukashenko and President Vladimir Putin of Russia.

Belarus plane crisis tightens Lukashenko’s awkward embrace of Putin

China's state-run Global Times has said that government officials had sent a "friendly signal" to US defence secretary Lloyd Austin for talks but the top US official had resorted to "unprofessional" and "unfriendly act of disregarding diplomatic protocol".

'Unprofessional and unfriendly': US, China in row over diplomatic protocol

Russia said today it did not expect "reset" of ties after the announcement of Biden-Putin summit in Geneva next month. Watch: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there was "excessive expectations" while adding that the summit was an important step.

Excessive expectations over Biden-Putin summit: Kremlin

Jharkhand on high alert after cyclone Yaas batters Odisha, West Bengal

Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, reports say authorities in Taiwan have been searching for 300 people who tested positive for coronavirus. Watch: The country has witnessed a surge in cases.

Taiwan seeks more vaccines from US amid virus surge

One year ago, George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, and the streets of U.S. cities filled with protesters demanding an end to police killings, in the largest mass movement for civil rights in a generation.

A year after George Floyd, Los Angeles confronts its future and its past

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said today that US President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will hold their first summit next month in Geneva.

Biden, Putin summit talks to take place in Geneva next month

Sweden became the latest country to clamp down on business with Belarus as the furore of the arrest of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich continued on Tuesday.

Lukashenko will pay bitter price for heinous flight diversion leading to Protasevich's arrest: Germany

According to an NGO, bodies of migrant children were left abandoned for three days on a beach in Zuwara in Libya. NGO Open Arms founder Oscar Camps in a tweet said: "They are still in shock at the horror of the situation, small children and women who only had dreams and life ambitions.

'Nobody cares about them': Children’s bodies found on Libyan beach after migrant boat sinks

The Hong Kong authorities have warned that it may be forced to throw away millions of coronavirus vaccine doses as it is fast approaching its expiry date. Watch: The government has said it only has a "three-month window" before the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine expires.

'Only have a three-month window': Hong Kong may throw away Pfizer, Sinovac vaccine

May 26 lunar eclipse: What's the geometric alignment of Super Blood Moon?

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken who is on a trip to the Middle East in order to ensure peace after the Israeli-Hamas conflict said that a lot of "hard work" was required to restore "hope, respect and some trust" after the clash in Gaza.

Have to ensure Hamas does not benefit from reconstruction assistance in Gaza: Blinken

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