#diplomatic-tensions

#diplomatic-tensions

So now it's happening after all: From this Sunday until next Wednesday, Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul will travel to China. There is a lot to discuss with the Chinese government. Wadephul, a member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), originally planned his first trip to China for October 26. But on October 24, he canceled at short notice. According to political insiders in Berlin, Wadephul had not been able to schedule talks with enough high-profile partners, so he decided the trip was not worth making. A German foreign minister with whom almost no one in Beijing wants to talk? Some observers spoke of a diplomatic scandal, especially since part of Wadephul's purpose on the trip was to prepare Chancellor Friedrich Merz's inaugural visit to China.

Tensions are reignited after Arunachal-born Prema Wangjom Thongdok is detained at a Chinese airport. India and China are locked in a war of words after a months-long period of calm in their relationship over the alleged harassment of a woman from India's eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh by Chinese authorities. China claims the territory of Arunachal Pradesh and calls the region southern Tibet, or Zangnan.

Herzog, speaking to the Chatham House thinktank immediately after the meeting, said he had offered the British government a fact-finding mission to look at the levels of aid entering Gaza. He denied there was any famine and blamed the high civilian death toll on Hamas placing missiles in living rooms. He offered no apology for the attack on Hamas's leadership in Doha on Tuesday, accusing Qatar of being allies of Hamas rather than mediators.

What we're heading toward is the snapback scenario where the sanctions come back and Iran is likely to retaliate in some way that's unhelpful, said Ryan Costello, the policy director at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). And the tensions could escalate into renewed violence after the Israeli attacks on Iran earlier this year. It's another kind of domino falling on the way toward the June war reigniting, Costello said.

Japan is a great ally of us. And I had a little bit of a hard time getting your two together because you're still thinking about Comfort Women, right? Comfort Women! That's all they wanted to talk about was Comfort Women. And I thought that was settled a few times over the decades.

Relations between the two leaders have been strained since July, when Macron announced that France would become the first major western power to recognise a Palestinian state at next month's UN general assembly, in the hope of bringing peace to the region. At the time, Netanyahu, who is wanted by the international criminal court over allegations of war crimes in Gaza, criticised the decision, saying that France rewards terror.

The United States has issued a threat of imposing 50-percent tariffs on Brazil unless the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro is dropped, creating a diplomatic crisis.

Azerbaijan's Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that Sputnik operated through "illegal financing," prompting police raids amidst escalating tensions following the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis.

India's missile strikes in Pakistani-controlled territory have escalated tensions in Kashmir, prompting strong reactions from both nations, which have a long-standing dispute over the region.