ISTANBUL: China on Thursday defended its first test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in decades, with the rocket falling into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday.

Amid disapproval from abroad, Col. Zhang Xiaogang, the country’s Defen…

ISTANBUL: The president of Northern Cyprus on Thursday cautioned against the UK’s decision to send 700 additional troops to its sovereign bases on the island, with Britain citing the need to evacuate its citizens from war-torn Lebanon.

Ersin Tatar to…

ISTANBUL: The current wars in the Middle East expose the US double standards on human rights, according to China’s foreign minister.

‘If the United States cares so much about the human rights of Muslims, why does it continue to provoke or support war…