China has assured Thailand that 40 Chinese Uyghurs it returned on Thursday (February 27) would be looked after, Thailand's defense minister said, confirming a secretive pre-dawn deportation that the United Nations and human rights groups condemned.

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Ireland moved on Tuesday to remove a law that prevents the deployment of its troops without U.N. approval, with Prime Minister Micheal Martin saying he did not want Russia, China or the United States having a veto on deployments.

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Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory,’ Wang Yi says, asserting UN Resolution 2758 left no ambiguity on one-China principle.

Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory’, Wang Yi says, asserting UN Resolution 2758 left no ambiguity on one-China principle.

China has assured Thailand that 40 Chinese Uyghurs it returned on Thursday would be looked after, Thailand's defence minister said, confirming a secretive pre-dawn deportation that the United Nations and human rights groups condemned.

Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Mark Brown speaks during the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit at United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs (Reuters) - Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown survived on Wednesday a vote of no confidence in parliament brought by the opposition over deals he struck with China that strained relations with New Zealand.

Thailand deported dozens of Uyghurs to China on Thursday despite warnings from human rights groups that they would face persecution on their return, drawing swift condemnation from the United Nations.

US representatives are not at a key climate science meeting in China, a source told AFP on Monday, sitting out a fight over the UN's next blockbuster assessment of global