Kurt Campbell, the US deputy secretary of state, said China is being kept in the dark about the friendship between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin

The foreign ministers of Group of Seven (G7) countries are expected to agree to increase diplomatic pressure on China over the country's support for Russia's 'war machine' in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Nov.

G7 countries plan to intensify pressure on China over its assistance to Russia in the war against Ukraine. New sanctions against Russia's "shadow fleet" are also expected to be adopted, Bloomberg informs.

Sergei Ryabkov, one of Russia's deputy foreign ministers, said on Monday that Moscow is considering deploying its short- to medium-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific. Speaking to Russian state media,

The region has primarily been a hotbed for US-China tensions, but a Russian deputy foreign minister now says Moscow is thinking of getting involved.