Trump arrives in China for high-stakes meeting with Xi JinpingGetty ImagesDonald Trump is joined by Vice-President of China Han Zheng and other Chinese officials as he arrives in Beijing on 13 MayUS President Donald Trump descended the steps of Air Force One in Beijing on Wednesday evening, greeted with pomp and pageantry ahead of a high-stakes meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi...

The IOC clears the way for Russian athletes to return to Olympic competition A man walks outside the Russian National Olympic Committee building in Moscow on Tuesday. Pavel Bednyakov/AP...

HMS Dragon heads to Middle East for potential Strait of Hormuz missionPA MediaHMS Dragon is one of the Royal Navy's six Type 45 destroyersThe Royal Navy is sending a warship to the Middle East where it could join an international mission to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.HMS Dragon, a type 45 destroyer, will "pre-position" in the region ahead of its "potential role" in what the...

Search for four missing soldiers after Colombia plane crash kills 66Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America online editorWatch: Footage shows smoke and scattered debris from Air Force plane crash in ColombiaRescue workers in Colombia are searching for four people who are missing after a military plane crashed in the south of the country. Sixty-six members of the Colombian security forces were killed...

Stephen Colbert to write new Lord of the Rings film after talk show endsIan YoungsCulture reporterReuters"It turns out I'm going to be free starting this summer," Colbert saidUS TV host Stephen Colbert has announced his next move after his late-night talk show ends - co-writing a new Lord of the Rings film.Colbert, who is well-known to be a JRR Tolkien superfan, will adapt an early section of...