US President Donald Trump is looking to forge more deals to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “I think there’s more big deals like that coming under President Trump,

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday condemned Thailand's return of at least 40 Uyghurs to China, where Washington says members of the Muslim group have faced genocide.

The absence of Secretary of State Marco Rubio hung over the year’s first high-level meeting of the world’s largest economies, with diplomats fretting over turbulent times.

But top American diplomat Marco Rubio suggests Washington is committed to ‘prevent’ such a scenario, prompting concern about mixed messaging.

The Trump administration is working to deepen ties to counter the rising threat from China in Asia.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have pointed to land expropriation laws and race-based policymaking as a stumbling block to bilateral cooperation, but a proxy battle between China and Taiwan is beginning to involve U.

Foreign ministers from G20 countries will meet in Johannesburg on Thursday, but U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend amid diplomatic tensions between South Africa and the U.S. Diplomats including Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are expected to attend the gathering.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio unleashed a blistering rebuke on Thursday, condemning Thailand for forcibly sending at least 40 Uyghurs back to China—a move he warns could doom them to persecution,

China-Russia relations have a ‘strong driving force’, foreign ministry asserts, while analyst sees ‘no reason’ for Moscow to pull away.

A group of at least 40 Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade have been deported to China, Thai and Chinese off

Rights groups and some Western governments accuse Beijing of widespread abuse of ethnic minority Uighurs. Read more at straitstimes.com.