Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin departed for a two-day visit to China on Monday, which the Kremlin says is significant, including planned talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Russian government and state media said.

China rejects Trump's claim to 60 Minutes about clandestine nuclear tests, as a senior official seeks to clarify the president's plans for U.S. tests.

India used the air base at Ayni in Tajikistan during a 2001 evacuation operation after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan.

US President Donald Trump has alleged that Russia and China secretly conduct underground nuclear tests while reaffirming his intention to resume US nuclear testing after decades

Donald Trump has driven a feverish news cycle this week, from the White House to the courts and back to prime-time TV. In a combative 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday, the US president insisted China and Russia are testing nuclear weapons in secret.

The claims come at a time of heightened vigilance for India, which faces Pakistan and China as nuclear-armed rivals on its borders.

Donald Trump continues to confound with his nuclear testing order. While defending his decision to resume nuclear testing, the US president claimed that other countries such as China, Russia, North Korea and Pakistan were carrying out such tests.

Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the chair of Nato’s military committee, said last week that Russia and China are together trying to “reshape the rules of access and influence [in the Arctic] to their advantage, challenging openness, fairness, and the rule of law”.

China’s rulers want to show it is in their people’s interests to keep America focused on Europe, according to the EU’s foreign-policy chief

Attack helicopters represent a key component of any country’s military capabilities. They provide ground support for troops, act as escorts for convoys, and even can take out enemy armor if necessary.

China and Russia have deployed attractive women to the United States to seduce unwitting Silicon Valley tech executives as part of a “sex warfare” operation aimed at stealing American technology secrets, according to a report.