NYT: Chinese companies weighing provision of weapons to Iran

The Middle East crisis will come into sharp focus during the Xi-Trump summit as Marco Rubio said it threatened to ‘destabilise Asia’

Aside from sparking a major energy crisis throughout the world, the war is unpopular domestically in an election year that could have dramatic implications for the final two years of Trump’s term.

The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran loomed over U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to China on Wednesday, as signs emerged that the conflict is shifting alliances across the Middle East.

US president Donald Trump was expected to ask China to help end the costly and unpopular Iran war in discussions with president Xi ‌Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, with peace talks stalled and the global economic cost of the conflict increasing.