French president says defence cooperation should include all European countries, including Russia Emmanuel Macron has said Europe can no longer entrust its security to the US alone, during a speech setting out the roadmap for French diplomacy in the year to come. In front of an audience of French ambassadors ... Read More »
‘There must never be a hiding place for those who commit these kind of atrocities,’ foreign secretary says Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt will visit Myanmar “to seek answers” after a damning United Nations (UN) report on the army’s violent crackdown on the country’s Rohingya muslims. Investigators have declared the systematic ... Read More »
Washington unhappy with speed of negotiations launched to prevent potential transatlantic tariffs Trade negotiations launched to prevent a transatlantic tariffs war between the EU and US must go faster, Washington is said to have demanded. Donald Trump agreed in July not to impose proposed border taxes on European firms while ... Read More »
Iranian lawyers will ask the International Court of Justice on Monday to order the United States to lift sanctions ordered by the Trump administration against Tehran. The lawsuit filed with the ICJ, also known as the World Court, says the U.S. sanctions, which are damaging its already weak economy, violate ... Read More »
Royal Air Force (RAF) interceptions of Russian military aircraft have been labelled dangerous and “provocative” by Moscow in a clear warning to the UK. Russia said the RAF intercepted its aircraft over the Black Sea and scrambled to intercept two suspected Russian fighter aircraft on Wednesday. The Russian embassy said ... Read More »
In North Korea, Japan appears to have replaced the United States as the most vilified imperialist enemy, with state media deriding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government as a “cult” bent on derailing Pyongyang’s diplomatic outreach. North Korea’s blistering broadsides against Japan are nothing new, given its position as a hated ... Read More »
India and China have agreed to expand their military ties and enhance interaction to ensure peace on their common border, India said after a meeting between the old rivals’ defense ministers. Relations between the Asian giants were strained last year over a 73-day military face-off in a remote, high-altitude stretch ... Read More »
Canada’s opposition Conservatives face a potential split a year ahead of national elections after a prominent former cabinet minister quit the party on Thursday to form his own right-leaning faction, focused on limited immigration and promoting free trade. Maxime Bernier, who failed in his bid to lead the Conservative Party ... Read More »
As China ramps up efforts to scrub Taiwan from international recognition, the island’s President Tsai Ing-wen struck a defiant tone Sunday and vowed that “no one can obliterate Taiwan’s existence” before departing for the U.S. “In going abroad, the whole world can see Taiwan; they can see our country as ... Read More »
North and South Korea agreed to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September, the latest step forward in cross-border ties this year after more high-level talks on Monday, the South’s Unification Ministry said. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met in April and May ... Read More »
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