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China Urges US to Handle Taiwan Issue ‘with Utmost Caution’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Munich, on February 12, 2026. (AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Munich, on February 12, 2026. (AFP/Getty Images)
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China Urges US to Handle Taiwan Issue ‘with Utmost Caution’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Munich, on February 12, 2026. (AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Munich, on February 12, 2026. (AFP/Getty Images)

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the US to handle matters related to Taiwan with "the utmost caution", during a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday, Wang's ministry said on Wednesday.

"A slight move on the Taiwan issue could affect the whole situation," Wang said, adding that ‌China and ‌the US should work to manage ‌all ⁠kinds of risks, ⁠according to an official Chinese summary of the phone conversation.

The US State Department did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The call followed a mid-May summit between Chinese President Xi ⁠Jinping and US President Donald ‌Trump in Beijing, ‌where Xi told Trump that mishandling the countries' ‌disagreements over Taiwan could push China-US relations ‌into an "extremely dangerous place".

Beijing claims the democratically governed island as its own territory and refuses to rule out military force to gain ‌control of it. Taipei rejects Beijing's claims, and the United States ⁠is bound ⁠by law to provide Taipei with the means to defend itself.

Wang said the US and China should work to build a "constructive, strategically stable relationship".

"Both sides should eliminate disruptions, overcome obstacles, and continue firmly along this correct direction," Wang said.

The Chinese foreign ministry said Wang and Rubio agreed to "continue maintaining communication in a flexible manner".

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Russian Defense Minister Hails ‘Unprecedented’ Beijing Ties on China Visit

A Russian and Chinese national flag flutter near Tiananmen Gate, in Beijing, China, May 16, 2024. (AP)
A Russian and Chinese national flag flutter near Tiananmen Gate, in Beijing, China, May 16, 2024. (AP)
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Russian Defense Minister Hails ‘Unprecedented’ Beijing Ties on China Visit

A Russian and Chinese national flag flutter near Tiananmen Gate, in Beijing, China, May 16, 2024. (AP)
A Russian and Chinese national flag flutter near Tiananmen Gate, in Beijing, China, May 16, 2024. (AP)

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said Moscow's strategic partnership with Beijing has reached "an unprecedentedly high level" as he visited China for talks, his ministry said Tuesday.

Russia has sought closer ties with China since its assault on Ukraine launched in 2022 that Beijing, insisting it is a neutral party, has never denounced, calling for peace talks instead.

The Chinese and Russian militaries have held regular joint exercises in recent years, a partnership that Western and some other governments view with suspicion as Moscow's war on Ukraine grinds on.

Belousov, during his China visit, said that "the strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China has reached an unprecedentedly high level," according to a statement by his ministry.

He also said the partnership was "grounded in the personal contacts" between Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping.

In China, Belousov met with Zhang Shengmin, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the body headed by Xi that directs the armed forces.

The meeting comes before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the Chinese city of Shenzhen on November 18-19.

Putin has said he intends to be at the summit, which US President Donald Trump has also said he will try to attend.

The Kremlin said in September that Putin and Trump had discussed the idea of holding a trilateral meeting with Xi at the summit.

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Bomb Threat Alert Forces Passenger Plane from London to Make Unplanned Landing in Poland

File photo: A plane prepares ahead of taking-off, after radar failure led to the suspension of outbound flights across the UK, at Heathrow Airport in Hounslow, London, Britain, July 30, 2025. (Reuters)
File photo: A plane prepares ahead of taking-off, after radar failure led to the suspension of outbound flights across the UK, at Heathrow Airport in Hounslow, London, Britain, July 30, 2025. (Reuters)
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Bomb Threat Alert Forces Passenger Plane from London to Make Unplanned Landing in Poland

File photo: A plane prepares ahead of taking-off, after radar failure led to the suspension of outbound flights across the UK, at Heathrow Airport in Hounslow, London, Britain, July 30, 2025. (Reuters)
File photo: A plane prepares ahead of taking-off, after radar failure led to the suspension of outbound flights across the UK, at Heathrow Airport in Hounslow, London, Britain, July 30, 2025. (Reuters)

A passenger plane from London made an unscheduled landing at Warsaw-Modlin airport in Poland after a bomb threat alert on Tuesday, forcing the airport to close until further notice, the airport ‌said in ‌a statement according to Reuters.

Security services ‌were ⁠verifying the reported ⁠threat, it added.

"At 9:54 a.m., a bomb threat alert was announced on board an aircraft operating a flight on ⁠the route London Heathrow (LHR) – Warsaw ‌Chopin ‌Airport (WAW). At 10:01 a.m., a ‌Boeing 737 MAX aircraft landed ‌at Warsaw/Modlin Airport," it said.

"Due to the situation, Warsaw/Modlin Airport remains closed until further ‌notice. The services are underway to verify ⁠the reported ⁠threat and ensure the safety of all people present at the airport."

There are 181 people aboard the plane, it said. A spokesperson for Polish airlines LOT confirmed it was a LOT flight.

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Gunmen Kill Two Police Officers Escorting Polio Workers in Pakistan

FILED - 28 February 2026, Afghanistan, Torkham: FILE PHOTO - A Taliban fighter checks his weapon next to an armoured vehicle at a checkpoint near Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Photo: Sami Jan/dpa
FILED - 28 February 2026, Afghanistan, Torkham: FILE PHOTO - A Taliban fighter checks his weapon next to an armoured vehicle at a checkpoint near Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Photo: Sami Jan/dpa
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Gunmen Kill Two Police Officers Escorting Polio Workers in Pakistan

FILED - 28 February 2026, Afghanistan, Torkham: FILE PHOTO - A Taliban fighter checks his weapon next to an armoured vehicle at a checkpoint near Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Photo: Sami Jan/dpa
FILED - 28 February 2026, Afghanistan, Torkham: FILE PHOTO - A Taliban fighter checks his weapon next to an armoured vehicle at a checkpoint near Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Photo: Sami Jan/dpa

Gunmen attacked a police vehicle assigned to protect a polio vaccination team, killing two officers and wounding another in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, a police official told AFP.

Militants opened fire on the officers' vehicle while it was travelling near the Afghan border in Mohmand district, police official Ali Rehman Khan said, without specifying which group they believed was behind the attack.

"Two police personnel were martyred and another was injured in the attack. However, no polio vaccination staff were present in the police vehicle," he said.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the shooting in the border province where security forces are battling an intensifying militancy they say emanates from Afghanistan -- an accusation its Taliban government denies.

In a separate incident in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Tank district, four police officers on their way to provide security for a polio vaccination team were abducted on Monday and efforts were underway to recover them, district police official Abdul Samad told AFP.

Pakistan is one of two countries, along with Afghanistan, where polio remains endemic, but militants have killed hundreds of police officers and health workers over the past decade as part of a campaign against the Pakistani state.

Polio, a highly infectious disease mainly affecting children under five, can result in lifelong paralysis but is easily prevented by the oral administration of a few drops of a vaccine.

Misinformation about the vaccine is widespread in rural Pakistan, including false claims that it is part of a CIA plot to prevent Muslims from having children.

Attacks on polio vaccination workers and their police escorts have previously been claimed by the Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups it is linked to.