Nancy Pelosi

Azerbaijan's foreign ministry has issued a response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comments regarding Azerbaijan's attack on Armenia, accusing her of "transferring the domestic political intrigue abroad"

Both Armenia and Azerbaijan blame each other for the deadliest clashes between them since a six-week war over Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 left thousands dead.

Pelosi would travel with two members of Congress who are Armenian Americans, she said, but declined to give further details of what she called a "rather spontaneous" decision to make the trip.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a briefing in the beginning of August that the result of the designation would be the end of diplomatic relations.

The US and major industrialized economies cannot withstand bottlenecks in the semiconductor and microchip industries on which all technology hangs.

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Wu spoke as military tensions simmer after the scheduled end on Sunday of four days of the largest-ever Chinese exercises surrounding the island.

Escalating tensions in the region and interrupting international transportation and trade do not serve the interests of any state.

A particular focus of Beijing’s drills is Taiwan’s eastern flank, a strategically vital area for supplies to Taiwan’s military, as well as any potential US reinforcements.

Enraged when Pelosi became the highest-level US visitor in 25 years to the self-governed island that Beijing regards as its territory, China launched military drills near Taiwan.