ISTANBUL (AA) – The Chinese and US foreign ministers have stressed the need to keep open lines of communications between the world’s two largest economies on the eve of New Year with Beijing calling for a “new atmosphere” in the bilateral relations. During a phone call, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his US counterpart […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The French president has said that European countries should be more decisive in the NATO alliance and reduce their “reliance on the US,” according to media reports. The Wall Street Journal quoted Macron as saying that a stronger Europe would allow the continent to become more autonomous within the military alliance, acti...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed bilateral ties and international developments in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a Kremlin statement. “Topical issues of the bilateral agenda and the international situation were discussed. The sides expressed mutual confide...
MOSCOW (AA) – Moscow has no positive expectations from a trip to Washington by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, a Kremlin spokesman has said. Asked at a press briefing in Moscow whether Russia expects that Kyiv’s position will become more constructive after Zelenskyy’s visit to the US and will change towards peac...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Strongly opposing what it called “military buildup” by Japan, China has said that Tokyo has no justification for “creating hype on the so-called China threat.” “Japan’s new defense policy documents disregard facts, deviate from its commitments on relations with China and the common understandings between the two countries, and ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia and China will conduct a joint naval exercise, dubbed Naval Interaction-2022, in the East China Sea from December 21-27, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. “The main goal of the exercise is to strengthen naval cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China and maintain peace...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday proposed holding a Global Peace Formula Summit this winter. The summit will “unite all nations of the world around the cause of global peace,” he said in a video message. “We offered a Peace Formula to the world. Absolutely fair. We offered it because there are […]...
Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP): The head of the Russian cultural centre in the Central African Republic was badly wounded after opening a parcel which carried a bomb. Russia alleged that France was behind the blast. France denied the claim by the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, that Paris was involved ...
Tokyo, Japan (AFP): Japan’s government has approved a major defence policy overhaul, including a significant spending hike, as it warned China poses the “greatest strategic challenge ever” to the country’s security. In its largest defence shake-up in decades, Japan vowed to increase security spending to two percent of G...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union has agreed on a ninth round of sanctions against Russia in yet another effort to force it to stop its war against Ukraine. The new sanctions, decided on Thursday, include blacklisting around 200 individuals and entities and three banks and restrictions on mining investments in Russia. Exports of dual-us...
