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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...
U.S. to Amend Ukraine Strategy: WaPo
In an article published on January 26, the Washington Post reported that the United States is working on a new strategy for Ukraine that would signal a departure from...
China Slams U.S. “Provocation” in South China Sea, Pledges Further Drills
China slammed the United States on Jan 25 for causing “trouble and provocation” after the U.S. Navy sailed its first warship through the Taiwan Strait since presidential and parliamentary...
U.S., Israeli Intelligence Chiefs to Discuss Gaza Hostage Deal
CIA Director William Burns and his Israeli counterpart will meet with Qatari officials in coming days for talks regarding a second potential Gaza hostage deal, three sources acquainted with the...
Israeli Economy Minister: Iran Is a “Legitimate Target”
Iran is presently a “legitimate target” for Israeli attacks, Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat told The Telegraph, stoking ears of an armed conflict with Tehran. The Israeli minister also...
Moscow’s Top Spy Says NATO Trying to Intimidate Russia, China Calls NATO a “Walking War Machine”
In an interview with RIA Novosti on January 25, Sergey Naryshkin, head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), accused the West for conducting an “information war” to discourage the...