Russia vows ‘full protection’ for any territory annexed amid referendums in Ukraine

Russia vows 'full protection' for any territory annexed amid referendums in Ukraine

Issued on: 25/09/2022 – 08:48Modified: 25/09/2022 – 09:43 Russia’s top diplomat on Saturday said regions of Ukraine where widely-derided referendums are being held would be under Russia’s “full protection” if they are annexed by Moscow, amid fears Russia could further escalate the conflict and even use nuclear weapons. Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine are holding referendums

‘We intend to build a positive relationship with our neighbours in Iran,’ Saudi FM says

'We intend to build a positive relationship with our neighbours in Iran,' Saudi FM says

Issued on: 23/09/2022 – 15:04 In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said that his country had concerns about a possible revived nuclear deal between Western powers and Iran, especially over IAEA inspections. However, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said

Iran’s Raisi makes speech in first-ever UN appearance

Iran's Raisi makes speech in first-ever UN appearance

Issued on: 21/09/2022 – 15:02 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addressed the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. Amid warnings that Iran will not get a better proposal to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, Raisi said before his speech that his first-ever appearance at the UN as Iran’s leader would be an opportunity to explain to the world

China accelerates global campaign to sway foreign media — Radio Free Asia

Journalists take photos outside a location identified in early 2020 as a re-education facility, which the Chinese government asserts is home to a veterans’ affairs bureau and other offices, in western China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, during a trip organized by the government for foreign journalists, April 22, 2021. Credit: AP Photo

China is intensifying its campaign to influence and manipulate news and information worldwide, and using an array of tools to project a positive image of itself abroad, a U.S.-based watchdog group said in a report released Thursday. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Malaysia were vulnerable to Beijing’s influence campaigns from early 2019 through the end

China threatens ‘targeted military operations’ as Pelosi arrives in Taiwan

China threatens 'targeted military operations' as Pelosi arrives in Taiwan

Issued on: 02/08/2022 – 17:20 House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday with a clear message for China, saying the US commitment to a democratic Taiwan is more important than ever, as China’s defence ministry announced in response that its military was put on high alert and will launch “targeted military operations”. In

A ‘new Cold War’ as Russia, France, US compete for influence in Africa

A 'new Cold War' as Russia, France, US compete for influence in Africa

Russian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War.  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and French President Emanuel Macron are each visiting several African countries this week.

Macron says France ‘remains committed’ to Africa’s security on first stop of three-nation tour

Macron says France ‘remains committed’ to Africa’s security on first stop of three-nation tour

Issued on: 26/07/2022 – 18:46 French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday declared his country would support Africa’s need for security as he embarked on a three-nation tour aimed at renewing France’s relations with the continent. Touching on a long-standing grievance in France‘s former African colonies, Macron also announced French archives on its colonial era in

France’s Macron arrives in Cameroon, kicking off three-country African trip

France’s Macron arrives in Cameroon, kicking off three-country African trip

Issued on: 26/07/2022 – 04:30 President Emmanuel Macron arrived late Monday in Cameroon at the start of a three-nation tour of western Africa as he seeks to reboot France’s post-colonial relationship with the continent. Macron was welcomed at the airport in Yaounde at around 10:40 pm by Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute. The first

What the world got wrong about Shinzo Abe

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe most of all wanted to make Japan a normal country in the eyes of the world — one not beholden to the legacy of World War II and events that took place before most of the country’s population was born.  | REUTERS

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was always a polarizing figure. But the fissures that emerged during his return to power in 2012 were largely brushed aside as the world united in grief over his murder. At the time, a Japan specialist in the Barack Obama-era state department said that one would need “a microscope to

Killing of Palestinian journalist threatens to overshadow Biden’s Israel trip

Killing of Palestinian journalist threatens to overshadow Biden's Israel trip

Issued on: 12/07/2022 – 13:08 Joe Biden flies to the Middle East on Tuesday for his first trip to the region since entering the White House. Before a visit to Saudi Arabia – one which reawakens the age-old foreign policy dilemma of realpolitik versus human rights – the US president goes to Israel, where he

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