Frank Gardner: What Is China's Role in the Iran War?

Russia repeats offer to take Iran's enriched uranium

As the world waits for peace talks between the US and Iran to resume, Russia says it can help solve the problem of Iran's enriched uranium.

U.S. Believes Cuba Helped Russia Recruit Soldiers to Fight in Ukraine – Axios

The report states that “significant indicators” suggest authorities in Havana “knowingly tolerated, enabled or selectively facilitated the flow” of Cuban nationals to bolster the Russian armed forces.

EU warns of prolonged energy shock, forced cuts if Iran issue continues

Brussels: The European Union warned member countries on Wednesday that if the Iran conflict continues, energy markets will face a prolonged supply shock that would force cuts to fuel consumption, EU diplomats told Reuters.Global energy supplies are reeling from the war's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, ⁠usually a transit route for 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Europe has not yet faced supply shortages, but is…

Short-term gains for China from US-Iran war may turn to longer-term pain

Beijing may be reaping some diplomatic benefit but Trump’s war holds risks for its energy security and economyTwo months ago, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, promised it would be a “big year” for China-US relations. He was right, but perhaps not in the way he expected.Wang was speaking before a planned visit by the US president to Beijing in March, which would have been Donald Trump’s first trip to China since 2017. But the trip, and a meetin…

Xi hails China-Russia ties, signals bigger role in Iran war

Xi calls partnership with Russia "precious," as world leaders turn to China amid the Middle East crisis.

Exclusive | Trump needs ‘four or five-month window’ between Iran war and midterms, must press China, top columnist tells ‘Pod Force One’

President Trump needs to wind down the Iran war at least four months before the 2026 midterms — and get China involved — to ensure his party won't suffer political consequences, historian Victor Davis Hanson told "Pod Force One."