Diplomatic Tussle

The United Arab Emirates has held talks with the Taliban to run Kabul airport, going up against Gulf rival Qatar in a diplomatic tussle for influence with Afghanistan's new rulers, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter.

Hong Kong on Tuesday scrapped a plan to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for foreign domestic workers after the proposal sparked an outcry and a diplomatic tussle with the Philippines.

India, caught flatfooted by the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka's premier, has opened urgent diplomatic and political contacts with the strongman who drew close to China during his previous tenure as president, officials said. The tear-shaped island, located off the southern tip of India, has become an arena of tussle between New Del...

A family of suspected Uighur Muslims at the centre of a diplomatic tussle between China and Turkey must remain in detention until their true nationalities are proven, a Thai court ruled today.

Jordan expelled Syria's top envoy Monday, prompting Damascus to do the same in a diplomatic tussle that could signal the start of unraveling ties between the neighbors.

The United States seems to have toughened its stance in the ongoing diplomatic tussle with India over the arrest of diplomat Devyani Khobragade for alleged visa fraud last week. The US State Department today ruled out dropping of what it called the "very serious" allegations against Ms Khobragade. India has demanded for all charges against the dipl...

The diplomatic novice is filling a key role as Tokyo remains embroiled in territorial tussles with China and South Korea.

Amidst a diplomatic row between India and Italy over the fate of two Italian marines, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a peaceful resolution to the issue.

A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.

The blind, corn-country activist at the centre of a diplomatic tussle between the US and China did not set out to be a dissident. Chen Guangcheng taught himself law to defend the constitutional rights he saw trampled so often. "'What do the authorities want me to do? Lead a protest in the streets? I don't want to do that,'" New York University law ...

The United Arab Emirates has held talks with the Taliban to run Kabul airport, going up against Gulf rival Qatar in a diplomatic tussle for influence with Afghanistan's new rulers, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter.

Hong Kong on Tuesday scrapped a plan to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for foreign domestic workers after the proposal sparked an outcry and a diplomatic tussle with the Philippines.

India, caught flatfooted by the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka's premier, has opened urgent diplomatic and political contacts with the strongman who drew close to China during his previous tenure as president, officials said. The tear-shaped island, located off the southern tip of India, has become an arena of tussle between New Del...

A family of suspected Uighur Muslims at the centre of a diplomatic tussle between China and Turkey must remain in detention until their true nationalities are proven, a Thai court ruled today.

Jordan expelled Syria's top envoy Monday, prompting Damascus to do the same in a diplomatic tussle that could signal the start of unraveling ties between the neighbors.

The United States seems to have toughened its stance in the ongoing diplomatic tussle with India over the arrest of diplomat Devyani Khobragade for alleged visa fraud last week. The US State Department today ruled out dropping of what it called the "very serious" allegations against Ms Khobragade. India has demanded for all charges against the dipl...

The diplomatic novice is filling a key role as Tokyo remains embroiled in territorial tussles with China and South Korea.

Amidst a diplomatic row between India and Italy over the fate of two Italian marines, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a peaceful resolution to the issue.

A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.

The blind, corn-country activist at the centre of a diplomatic tussle between the US and China did not set out to be a dissident. Chen Guangcheng taught himself law to defend the constitutional rights he saw trampled so often. "'What do the authorities want me to do? Lead a protest in the streets? I don't want to do that,'" New York University law ...