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'Weaker Putin is a greater danger': EU's Borrell
Jun 29, 2023 (AFP)
"A weaker Putin is a greater danger. So we have to be very much aware of the consequences," Josep Borrell said ahead of a gathering of EU leaders in Brussels. "...
Czech official labels Russia a 'direct military threat'
Jun 29, 2023 (AFP)
Martin Povejsil, head of the Czech foreign ministry's security department, told reporters it was "impossible to rule out a direct military threat (from Russia) ...
NATO to 'stand behind' Ukraine at summit; Stoltenberg mandate extended
Jun 29, 2023 (AFP)
Kyiv -- backed by NATO allies in eastern Europe -- has called for a commitment at the gathering in Lithuania in two weeks that it will join the Western military...
Turkey to hold NATO talks with Sweden next Thursday
Jun 28, 2023 (AFP)
"The time is now to welcome Sweden as a full member of NATO," Stoltenberg said at a news conference on Wednesday. NATO counterparts have been pushing Turkey to ...
Prigozhin aimed to capture Russian generals: report
Jun 28, 2023 (AFP)
The newspaper cited Western officials saying that Prigozhin sought to seize archrivals Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defense minister, and chief of staff General V...
New Zealand PM hails 'constructive' role for China in Ukraine
Jun 27, 2023 (AFP)
Hipkins is on a state visit to China aimed at boosting trade ties with the world's second-largest economy. Almost a quarter of New Zealand's export earnings com...
Lukashenko says Russia mismanaged tensions with Wagner
Jun 27, 2023 (AFP)
Lukashenko was speaking three days after he had brokered a deal to end the rebellion that rattled his Russian ally Vladimir Putin. The feud between Wagner and t...
NATO ready to defend against 'Moscow or Minsk': Stoltenberg
Jun 27, 2023 (AFP)
Stoltenberg said NATO would agree to strengthen its defences at a key summit in Lithuania next week in order to protect all members, especially those which bord...
NATO to hold talks on Sweden entry before July summit
Jun 26, 2023 (AFP)
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he had spoken to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and "agreed to convene a high-level meeting in Brussels before ...
Wagner crisis shows Ukraine war 'cracking' Russia: EU
Jun 26, 2023 (AFP)
"What has happened during this weekend shows that the war against Ukraine is cracking Russian power and affecting its political system," EU foreign policy chief...
Shoigu makes TV address; US and Russia talked during Wagner revolt
Jun 26, 2023 (AFP)
The relatively rare Russia-US contact came during the mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner group, which briefly took control of a major city and threatened an a...
China contends with weakened Putin after Wagner mutiny
Jun 26, 2023 (AFP)
China has emerged as Russia's most important ally since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, leaving it internationally isolated. During a March summit in M...
Vilnius urges beefed-up NATO if Prigozhin in Belarus
Jun 25, 2023 (AFP)
The head of state, whose Baltic country neighbours both Belarus and Russia and will host next month's NATO summit, spoke after a state security council meeting ...
China says supports Russia in 'protecting national stability': foreign ministry
Jun 25, 2023 (AFP)
"As a friendly neighbour and a new era comprehensive strategic cooperative partner, China supports Russia in protecting national stability and achieving develop...
World leaders take wait-and-see approach to developing situation in Russia
Jun 24, 2023 (UPI)
The United States is in constant contact with the members of the Group of Seven as well as other American allies, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a st...
With an eye toward China, Biden goes all-in for Modi
Jun 24, 2023 (AFP)
Biden offered Modi the full pomp of a state visit with two dinners -- one intimate and one gala -- a meeting with top CEOs, and a long list of concrete takeaway...
Dismissing tensions, Biden expects to see Xi despite 'dictators' jab
Jun 22, 2023 (AFP)
Biden rejected "this theory that the relationship with China is collapsing" and praised talks Monday in Beijing between Xi and Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
UK's Wallace rules himself out of NATO job
Jun 22, 2023 (AFP)
"It's not going to happen," Wallace told The Economist magazine in an interview, arguing that the United States wanted Stoltenberg to stay as secretary-general....
New Zealand baulks at Biden's Xi 'dictator' jibe
Jun 22, 2023 (AFP)
Asked if he concurred with Biden's assessment of China's leader, Chris Hipkins said "no", adding that "the form of government that China has is a matter for the...
China slams Biden for equating Xi to 'dictators'
Jun 21, 2023 (AFP)
Speaking at a fundraiser in California on Tuesday, Biden said Xi had been angered over an incident in February when a Chinese balloon -- which Washington says w...
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