U.S. soldiers gather in front of a military vehicle near the city of Al-Malikiyah in Syria's oil-rich northeastern province of Hasakah near the Turkish border, on August 27, 2020. A leading Chinese newspaper has lambasted the continued plundering of Syrian oil by the U.S. occupation forces across the Arab country, saying that the looting is a “disgrace and a shame to Washington.”

The West's sanctions against Russia are not working, as the economy is resisting safelyThe West's sanctions against Russia are not working, as the economy is resisting safely, the director of the North American Department at the Foreign Ministry, Aleksandr Darchiyev, said on Saturday.

The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the destruction of two US Himars launcher systems with a high-precision strikeThe Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the destruction of two US Himars launcher systems with a high-precision strike at the Ukrainian Energy Machines plant in Kharkov.

The Chinese Army's Eastern Theater Command reported on Monday that its troops are on high alertThe Chinese Army's Eastern Theater Command reported on Monday that its troops are on high alert and will follow orders to "confront the enemy," in a context of growing tensions with the United States over Taiwan.

10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)With the sight set on the growing global threats, the 10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) begins at the United Nations on Monday.