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Russians pose threat to US training mission in Ukraine
Jan 19, 2022 (AFP)
Close to 200 National Guard troops are in Ukraine, part of a regular rotation dating back to 2015, training with the Ukrainian army alongside troops from NATO c...
Macron calls for European rearmament, security talks with Russia
Jan 19, 2022 (AFP)
The 44-year-old leader, who is set to seek re-election in April, addressed lawmakers at the European Parliament to lay out his priorities for France's turn hold...
Russian troops arrive in Belarus for combat drills
Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)
The Belarusian defence ministry said it was hosting the combat readiness drills because of the continuing "aggravation" of tensions "including at the western an...
Stoltenberg invites Russia, NATO allies to new talks
Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)
The proposed series of discussions in the NATO-Russia Council would be held "in the near future", he said following talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Th...
Paris looks to recapture lost beauty after criticism
Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)
Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire said that several recent initiatives from the Socialist-Green alliance that runs the capital would be scrapped, including allowin...
Belarus announces military drills with Russia
Jan 17, 2022 (AFP)
"We made plans for a military exercise in February some time ago. Please go ahead and set a specific date and announce it so nobody can accuse us of having mass...
China's Xi warns global confrontation 'invites catastrophic consequences'
Jan 17, 2022 (AFP)
For the second year in a row the face-to-face gathering of political and corporate power players in the Swiss Alps has had to go online thanks to a coronavirus ...
Has diplomacy on Ukraine reached a dead end?
Jan 15, 2022 (AFP)
Russia stands accused of having massed some 100,000 troops close to the Ukrainian border, as it seeks a commitment from the West that the pro-EU former Soviet s...
US says Russia readying 'false-flag' operation to invade Ukraine
Jan 14, 2022 (AFP)
The United States released intelligence findings the day after National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that Russia, which has amassed tens of thousands of ...
Sweden rolls out tanks on Baltic island over Russia tensions
Jan 14, 2022 (AFP)
Some 10 armoured combat vehicles and dozens of armed personnel could be seen patrolling the small port town of Visby on the strategically-located island. The mo...
US lays out case against 'unlawful' China maritime claims
Jan 13, 2022 (AFP)
In a 47-page research paper, the State Department's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs said China had no basis under intern...
Russia sees no point in further West talks soon: lead negotiator
Jan 13, 2022 (AFP)
"I do not see reasons to sit down in the coming days, to gather again and start the same discussions," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an intervi...
NATO chief says allies ready for more Russia talks
Jan 12, 2022 (AFP)
"There are significant differences between NATO allies and Russia on these issues, and the differences will not be easy to bridge," he said after talks with Rus...
Sri Lanka rules out IMF bailout, seeks new China loan
Jan 12, 2022 (AFP)
Within hours of Colombo announcing it was in talks with Beijing for a large loan from China, the largest bilateral lender to the island, S&P Global downgraded S...
Russia has no 'voting right' on Ukraine's NATO membership: Kyiv
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
"Russia has no voting right on the issue of Ukraine's NATO membership. This is a 'red line' that neither Ukraine nor our partners will cross," Kuleba told news ...
Moscow says Russia-NATO talks are 'moment of truth'
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko was speaking following Monday's US-Russia negotiations in Geneva that launched a week of diplomacy between Russia and ...
US reassures European allies after Russia talks
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman flew to the alliance's Brussels headquarters from Geneva, where on Monday she had held a meeting with Russia's Deputy...
NATO chief warns Russia of 'severe costs' if Ukraine attacked
Jan 10, 2022 (AFP)
"We are working hard for a peaceful political path and we are ready to continue to work with Russia to try to find that path towards a peaceful solution," Stolt...
Russia, US make no breakthrough on Ukraine but agree to keep talking
Jan 10, 2022 (AFP)
After more than seven hours of negotiations in Geneva, the Russian and US officials both offered to keep talking, though there was no sign of a major breakthrou...
China offers Maldives medical aid, visa concessions
Jan 08, 2022 (AFP)
The Maldivian foreign ministry said a mutual visa exemption agreement was signed during the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the capital Male. Wang ...
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