ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysia has applied for the membership of the BRICS, a group of emerging economies, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Sunday. He made the remarks during a meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Anwar received Lavrov at the Seri Perdana, the prime minister’s office, in Putrajaya. Lavrov is on ...
ANKARA (AA) – New Zealand has announced further sanctions on Russia and Iran over the Ukraine war. Announcing the news, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said New Zealand’s latest sanctions target Russians involved in the country’s military-industrial complex as well as actors providing military assistance to Russia. “These new sanct...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday vowed to continue to strengthen NATO’s collective defense and deterrence against any challenge. “As this (Biden) administration has made very clear, we will not be dragged into (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s reckless war of choice. “But we will st...
Washington, United States – AFP President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a major package of air defenses for Ukraine as doubts over his political survival clouded the start of a NATO summit in Washington. Leaders from the 32-nation military alliance were looking to put on a show of resolve against Russia during three days of […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US seized two domain names and 968 X accounts used by Russian actors to create an AI-enhanced bot farm to spread disinformation in the US and abroad, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The bot farm used elements of AI to create fictitious social media profiles, often purporting to belong to individuals […]
Moscow, Russia – AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the Taliban, a banned group in Russia, are Moscow’s “allies” in fighting terrorism because they are in control of Afghanistan. “We must assume that the Taliban controls the power in the country. And in this sense the Taliban are, of course, o...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Russia’s ex-minister of defense, Sergei Shoigu, and current army chief of staff, Valery Gerasimov, for alleged war crimes in Ukraine. They are accused of directing missile attacks on civilian targets, including power plants, during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. T...
MOSCOW (AA) – Israel has pushed the settlement with Palestine far back by its actions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking at a news conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Lavrov said Moscow cannot accept the methods the Israeli troops are employing in their military assault in the Gaza Strip. “In reality, the dest...
Washington, United States — AFP China’s support for Russia’s defense industry is prolonging the Ukraine war and “has to stop,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. China is providing critical support that enables “Russia to keep that defense industrial base going, to keep the war machine going, to ...
Beijing, China – AFP China said Wednesday it opposed the United States “spreading false information” after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Beijing’s support for Russia’s defence industry “has to stop”. “We resolutely oppose the United States spreading false information without any evide...
