A representative of the US National Security Council warned on Wednesday that Russia may be preparing to attack civilian ships in the Black Sea. “According to our information, Russia has placed additional sea mines near the approaches to Ukrainia...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday said the European Union “must open the way” for Turkey to join the bloc before the Turkish parliament agrees to Sweden joining NATO, Reuters reported. Before leaving for the NATO summit in Vilnius,...
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Tuesday recognised the Russian private military company Wagner as a terrorist organisation, during its 30th session in the Canadian city of Vancouver. The Russian delegation did not participate in the session. T...
NATO allies on Tuesday agreed to extend the mandate of Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for another year, until October 1, 2024. The NATO heads of state and government will approve the decision at the Vilnius summit in July. “I am honored ...
At least 150 people have been arrested across France in a second night of violence protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old named as Nahel M by police earlier this week, after refusing to stop. In Nanterre, where Nahel was ...
NATO is ready to protect all its members and allies from potential attacks by Russia, Belarus, Jens Stoltenberg, the alliance’s secretary general, said in the Hague on Tuesday. He added “ a clear message” had been sent to the duo that “NATO exis...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday said he did not see Russian president Vladimir Putin as a “war criminal” due to Mosvow’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. “No. Not for me,” he told the journalists, claiming the issue could be ...
The private plane of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian private military company Wagner, reportedly landed at the Machulishchy military airfield near Minsk, a monitoring group Belarusian Gayun, said on Telegram on Tuesday. The information ...
Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, who on Monday met with the US State Secretary Antony Blinken in Beijing, called the meeting “very good”, noting “progress” and an agreement on “some specific issues”. “Relations between countries should always ...
At least 79 people have been killed and hundreds more are missing after a migrant boat sank 80 kilometers off the coast of Greece in the early hours of Thursday. The Greek coast guard was able to save more than 100 people, although survivors clai...