Trump Will Keep Promise to End Ukraine Conflict — Polish President
Polish President Andrzej Duda posited that former U.S. President Donald Trump will likely keep his pledge to end the conflict in Ukraine within 24 hours if he wins this...
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Russian Seaborne Oil Shipments Rebound — Bloomberg
Maritime exports of Russian crude oil saw a robust recovery in the week of February 4 after two weeks of disruptions, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, indicating that the flows...
UN Warns Assange Could be Tortured if Extradited to U.S.
The UN’s special rapporteur on torture has called upon authorities in the U.K. to prevent Julian Assange’s possible extradition to the United States to face espionage charges. The U.K....
Ex-Russian President Warns NATO of “Apocalypse”
A full-scale war between Russia and NATO would leave Moscow with no choice but to mobilize its nuclear assets, former president Dmitry Medvedev said, adding, however, that his country...
Energy Bosses Say Biden’s LNG Ban Dangerous for Industry’s Future
The temporary halt of approvals for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals by the Biden administration will imperil trust in the industry, Shell CEO Wael Sawan told the...
Bild: Ukrainian Refugees in Germany Are Not Working
The German government’s move to get more Ukrainian refugees into the workforce has been failing amid the substantial financial support given to those seeking shelter in the country, the...
Ukraine Promises to Destroy the Crimean Bridge “This Year”
The Crimean Bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula to the Krasnodar Region of Russia will be destroyed in 2024, the commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Vice Admiral Aleksey Neizhpapa, claimed....
Taiwan Ally Guatemala Mulls Commercial Ties With China
Guatemala is contemplating reaching out to develop formal trade ties with China, the Central American country’s foreign minister told Reuters on February 5, although it plans to maintain its...
Viktor Orbán’s Party Boycotts NATO Expansion Vote
Legislators from Hungary’s ruling party, Fidesz, have declined attendance at a meeting initiated by left-wing and liberal opposition parties to force a vote on accepting Sweden into NATO. However,...
Russia: U.S. “Threatens Peace” in the Middle East
Washington is stoking conflict in the Middle East by staging unlawful strikes in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said during the UN...
Polish Farmers Announce Ukrainian Farmer Blockade
Polish farmers will block border crossings with Ukraine during a general strike planned for next week, the Solidarity trade union announced last Thursday. Besides rendering Ukrainian crossings impassable, the...
Moscow Says India Still Keen on Defense Cooperation With Russia
New Delhi is still keen on defense cooperation with Moscow, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told TASS, remarking on a Reuters report claiming that India is “seeking to...
Report: Germany and U.S. Oppose Ukraine’s NATO Membership
The United States and Germany are resisting calls by other NATO members to invite Ukraine into the bloc at a major summit later this year, worried that the move...
Philippines Eyes Bigger Military Drills With U.S., Cooperates With Vietnam in South China Sea
The Philippines and the United States hope to conduct what could be their largest military exercise in April, in a display of the strength of their alliance in the...
Cameron: U.K. Could Recognize Palestinian State
During a reception for Arab diplomats in London on Monday, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron disclosed that the U.K. is mulling whether to officially acknowledge a Palestinian state. Such...
Russia Says BRICS Now Surpasses G7
Russia is discussing using national systems for transmitting financial messages with other BRICS countries, the country’s central bank governor, Elvira Nabiullina, said on Tuesday, January 30. “Russia has a...
Iran Denies Responsibility for U.S. Troop Deaths in Jordan
Tehran did not participate in the drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan that killed three service members and injured more than 30, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser...
North Korea Fires “Several” Cruise Missiles: Seoul Military
North Korea fired another round of cruise missiles on January 30, Seoul’s military announced, extending a week-long flurry of tests that Pyongyang has said entail a new generation of...
Hungary Slams Reported EU Threat to Sabotage Its Economy
Hungarian Minister for European Affairs János Bóka has said that Budapest will not kowtow to “blackmail” by Brussels, following a report that claimed that the EU would seek to...
Trump Planning Massive Tax on Chinese Imports: Media
Former U.S. President Donald Trump told advisors that he wants to enforce a 60-percent tariff on all imports from China if he wins this year’s election, the Washington Post...