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Advertisement2026 Trump-Xi summitChinaDiplomacyAs Iran talks go nowhere, will Donald Trump still go to Beijing?With peace negotiations postponed, it is unclear if the US president will be ready to look at stabilising ties between the two top economies
2-MIN READ2-MIN4 ListenLaura ZhouPublished: 11:00pm, 22 Apr 2026Updated: 11:37pm, 22 Apr 2026The on-again, off-again US-Iran peace talks are casting doubt on whether Donald Trump will make his planned visit to Beijing in a few weeks, though the war could raise the diplomatic stakes of the trip if it does go ahead, Chinese observers say.Hours before a two-week ceasefire was set to end, the US president announced on Tuesday that he was prolonging the fragile truce with Iran.That came after Vice-President J.D. Vance’s trip to Pakistan for a second round of peace negotiations was first paused and then postponed.AdvertisementThe last-minute flip-flop underscores the deep mistrust between the foes and raises the question of whether Trump is rea..

AdvertisementThe PhilippinesThis Week in AsiaPoliticsICC chamber rules case against Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs killings to proceedDuterte’s lawyers argue that the crimes against humanity case targeting him should not proceed as the Philippines is not an ICC member
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenRaissa RoblesPublished: 10:37pm, 22 Apr 2026Families of victims of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs hailed as a “vindication” on Wednesday the International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber’s refusal to throw out the crimes against humanity case against him.Duterte has been held by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague since March 2025 over killings linked to his anti-drugs campaign while he was in office.
His lawyers argued that the court had no authority to try him because the Philippines officially withdrew from the ICC’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, in 2019.AdvertisementBut the judges said the court could still hear the case because its inquiry began be..

Photo released by Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) rescuers search for victims in Pasir Langu village after a landslide, in West Bandung district of West Java province, Indonesia, Monday (Credit: AP)

A devastating landslide in Indonesia's Pasirlangu village has claimed 34 lives, with 32 people still missing. The disaster, triggered by heavy rainfall last week, destroyed dozens of homes and forced over 650 residents to evacuate. Rescue teams are carefully searching the unstable area in West Bandung, Java island, amid fears of further landslides.”The identified bodies will be handed over to the victims' families for burial,” said national disaster mitigation agency spokesman Abdul Muhari on Tuesday evening. Local officials worry the number of missing people could be much higher than reported.The landslide has severely damaged more than 50 houses in the mountain village. Rescue workers are using both manual methods and heavy machinery to search for s..