Beijing, China (AFP): China’s special envoy Li Hui told Ukraine “there is no panacea to resolve the crisis” and urged Kyiv and Moscow to engage in talks to end the war, Beijing has said. China, a strategic ally of Russia, has refrained from condemning Moscow’s invasion, and has instead sought to position itself as a [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA): Russia has claimed that Europe has “completely lost” its independence and “ceded” all its power to NATO. “Europe has completely lost its independence. Whatever French President Emmanuel Macron may say about ‘strategic autonomy,’ or (EU foreign policy chief) Josep Borrell may declare about the need for Europe to be more active in...
ANKARA (AA): Black Sea grain deal, which was set to expire on May 18, has been extended for another two months, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday. “With the efforts of our country, the support of our Russian friends, and the contributions of our Ukrainian friends, it was decided to extend the Black […]
ISTANBUL (AA): A Russian diplomat has said that some Central Asian countries may join Western sanctions against Moscow imposed since Ukraine war began. “Even as we share the view that unilateral economic restrictions are unacceptable and illegitimate, some Central Asian countries nevertheless do not want to take risks and indicate they are pre...
JOHANNESBURG (AA): South Africa’s president said Monday that his country’s “non-aligned” position does not favor Russia above other countries and it will not be pressured into abandoning its stance. Writing in his weekly newsletter, Cyril Ramaphosa said that “with the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, there has been extraordinary pressu...
JOHANNESBURG (AA): South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) said late Friday that US Ambassador Reuben Brigety had apologized to the government and people of South Africa for his comments made a day earlier. Brigety told reporters Thursday that the US was convinced South Africa had supplied arms to Russia de...
Beijing, China (AFP): China will send a special envoy to Ukraine, Russia and other European nations from Monday, Beijing has announced. The envoy will be the highest-ranking Chinese diplomat to visit the war-torn country since Moscow’s invasion last year. “From May 15, Ambassador Li Hui, special representative of the Chinese govern...
Johannesburg, South Africa (AFP): The US envoy to South Africa on Thursday accused the country of having covertly provided arms to Russia despite its professed neutrality in the Ukraine war, local media said. Ambassador Reuben Brigety told a media briefing the US was “confident” weapons and ammunition had been loaded onto a Russian...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): A “perfect storm” of overlapping crises forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, sending the number of internally displaced people to a record high. An unprecedented 71.1 million internally displaced people (IDPs) were registered in 2022 — up 20 percent from a year earlier...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin said during Red Square Victory Day parade on Tuesday that the world was at a “turning point” and claimed a “war” had been unleashed against Russia. He vowed victory and said Russia’s future “rests on” its soldiers fighting in Ukraine. The tradition...
