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China on Monday strongly backed the Hong Kong government on a controversial bill that would allow extraditions to the mainland and voiced opposition to "outside interference" following a massive protest against the legislation.

China backs Hong Kong extradition law, opposes 'foreign interference'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be visiting New Delhi, India June end. Watch this video to know more.

Mike Pompeo to visit India in June end

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be visiting India from June 25-27. US envoy to India Kenneth Jester speaking at the American Independence Day celebrations in Delhi announced that Pompeo will visit India later this month.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit India later this month

China on Tuesday accused the United States of attacking its system and smearing its policies after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made comments "out of prejudice and arrogance" about the Tiananmen crackdown.

Pompeo's statement on Tiananmen out of prejudice and arrogance: China

The United States said Monday it had lost hope for human rights progress in China 30 years after the crackdown on Tiananmen Square as Beijing, in rare official comments on the bloodshed, insisted it had "immunized" itself against turmoil.

Post-Tiananmen, Chinese citizens subjected to new wave of abuses: US

Saudi Arabia's King Salman told an emergency Arab summit on Friday that decisive action was needed to stop Iranian "escalations" following attacks on Gulf oil assets, as US officials said a military deployment had deterred Tehran.

Saudi Arabia says firm stand needed to deter Iran, Iraq demurs

Donald Trump's administration is planning to bypass Congress to allow the sale of $7 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which are involved in a bloody war in Yemen, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Trump officials plan to bypass Congress for Saudi arms sales: Report

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill were briefed behind closed doors Tuesday about the escalation in tensions with Iran. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and intelligence officials were on hand to get lawmakers up to speed on recent threats in the region as well as explain U.S. military posturing.

US officials seek to tamp down Trump rhetoric on Iran

US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad was scheduled to visit Tibet this week, a US embassy spokeswoman said, the first visit to the region by a US ambassador since 2015, amid escalating trade tension between the two countries.

US Ambassador to China visiting Tibet this week

China's top diplomat Wang Yi has asked US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not to go "too far" in its "damaging moves" against the Chinese interests, saying that both countries will benefit from cooperation and lose from conflicts.

Don't go 'too far' in 'damaging moves': China tells US

Some Democrats vying for the party's 2020 presidential nomination shifted the focus of the race to foreign policy on Sunday, criticizing Republican President Donald Trump as a weak commander in chief who is escalating tensions with Iran.

2020 White House hopefuls turn to foreign policy, slam Trump on Iran

The Kremlin said on Sunday it hopes a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump takes place, but that it has not received a definitive decision from Washington on the matter, Interfax news agency reported.

Kremlin waiting for US decision on Putin-Trump meeting: Report

The US President Donald Trump on Friday denied friction with his hawkish foreign policy advisers on Iran, specifically giving statements of support to White House national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

US President Trump denies friction with top aides over Iran policy

The chairmen of three congressional committees on national security on Thursday pressed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to explain whether a Trump administration arms control report was politicised and slanted assessments about Iran.

Russian President Putin open to meet US President at G20 in June

The European Union told United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to exercise maximum restraint and avoid any escalation on the military side with Iran. Tensions have been mounting in the Gulf a year after Washington withdrew from a landmark deal that curbed Iran's nuclear programme.

'Maximum restraint': EU reject US escalation with Iran

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said he had "frank and useful" discussions with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a slew of issues, including Venezuela and Syria.

We fundamentally do not see a war with Iran, says Pompeo in joint conference with Russian foreign minister

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the highest-level talks between the rival powers in nearly a year as they see if they can make headway on a raft of disagreements from Venezuela to Iran to arms control.

US, Russia test tense ties as Mike Pompeo visits Russian President Vladimir Putin

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini, who met privately with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday, said EU member states continued "to fully support the nuclear deal with Iran." Washington has increased its pressure on the European Union to isolate Iran internationally and walk away from the 2015 nuclear deal.

EU to continue to do business with Iran despite sanctions by US

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to visit Brussels on Monday to discuss "pressing matters" including Iran, a State Department official said Sunday. As a result, the top US diplomat is scrapping a stop expected on Monday in Moscow.

US state secretary Pompeo to visit Brussels Monday to discuss Iran: Official

British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt on Monday issued a stark warning of the dangers of conflict erupting "by accident" in the Gulf, as tensions between the United States and Iran soar.

Worried about risk of conflict happening by accident in Gulf region: UK foreign minister Jeremy Hunt

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