China's President Xi Jinping extends Beijing's "firm support" to Moscow, vowing to back the Russians on "core" issues.

African countries prefer to engage with Russia and China rather than Western powers because the former comply with the United Nations’ principle of non-intervention in other countries, according to an analyst.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses the United States and NATO of seeking to build a new global "axis" which he said bore some resemblance to the World War II alliance between Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, and imperial Japan.

The Iranian president says further strengthening of relations between Tehran and Beijing boosts the security of the region and the world.

The de-facto Taliban government in Kabul has signed a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country's northern Sar-e Pul province.

China has blasted the US passing of a defense authorization law that boosts military assistance for Chinese Taipei.

The Chinese leader received a lavish welcome in Saudi Arabia, a sharp contrast with the lukewarm welcome US President Joe Biden received when he visited the kingdom early this year.