The United States on Tuesday congratulated Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on the victory of his Liberals, after a campaign dominated by rejecting threats from President Donald Trump. The State Department offered a congratulatory message in line with usual diplomatic practice, avoiding Trump’s language of trying to turn the northern neighbor into the “51st state” of the…
British and US forces participated in a joint military operation in Yemen on Tuesday, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Wednesday. The strike was conducted after dark, when the likelihood of any civilians being in the area was reduced, the statement said, adding that its aircraft returned safely. A US airstrike killed…
Russian troops are trying to carve out a buffer zone in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, although so far without substantial success, the regional governor said on Tuesday. The Sumy region borders on Russia’s Kursk region, where Russian forces have lately recaptured territory seized last year in the Ukrainian military’s only major cross-border incursion of the…
France on Tuesday accused Russian military intelligence of staging cyberattacks, including against an organisation involved in the Paris Olympics and President Emmanuel Macron’s first election campaign in 2017. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot took the accusations to the UN Security Council, demanding that Russia, whose envoy was in the chamber, immediately halt the attacks. Barrot…
France’s foreign ministry accused Israel’s embassy of “unacceptable” behavior on Tuesday after it banned two French groups, including elected officials, from visiting Israel and alleged the groups were linked to a terrorist organization. In a statement on Monday, Israel’s embassy said it would not allow any individual or delegation associated with the Decentralized Cooperation Network for Palestine…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Tuesday for a “fair” end to the war with Russia without “rewards” for Vladimir Putin, pushing back against demands for Kyiv to make territorial concessions. “We all want this war to end in a fair way – with no rewards for Putin, especially no land,” Zelenskyy said via videoconference at…
The US slapped new Iran-related sanctions on Tuesday, in a sign that the Trump administration has no intention of easing its maximum-pressure campaign on Tehran despite ongoing negotiations over a potential nuclear deal. The Treasury Department designated six entities and six more individuals based in Iran and China for their involvement in helping procure ballistic missile propellant…
Pakistan and Russia are seeking to move beyond conventional diplomacy, focusing on shared concerns like water, migration, technology, and trade. This shift was the key theme at an international seminar organized by the Consortium for Asia-Pacific Studies (CAPS) here on Tuesday. The seminar, titled “Pakistan-Russia Cooperation in Non-Traditional Security,” brought together academics, researchers, and policy…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given India’s military “operational freedom” to respond to a deadly attack in Kashmir last week, a senior government source told AFP Tuesday, after New Delhi blamed it on arch-rival Pakistan. Modi told army and security chiefs in a closed-door meeting Tuesday that the armed forces had the “complete operational freedom to…
US forces have struck more than 1,000 targets in Yemen since Washington launched the latest round of its air campaign against the Houthi militants in mid-March, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The Houthis began targeting shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in late 2023 and the United States responded with strikes against them starting early…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country would “never” yield to the United States as he declared victory in federal elections early Tuesday, following a campaign overshadowed by relentless provocations and steep trade tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. The Liberal Party leader issued a stunning rebuke to Trump as he sent a message of unity to a divided…
The meeting marked the first time Khamenei has received a Saudi official since 2006, when then-Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal visited Tehran Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Thursday, delivering a letter from King Salman, Saudi and Iranian state media reported. During…
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has told President Donald Trump that giving Moscow “ownership” of four occupied Ukrainian regions would be the fastest way to achieve a ceasefire, Reuters reported on April 11, citing two unnamed U.S. officials and five other undisclosed sources. According to Reuters, Witkoff conveyed this proposal to U.S. President Donald Trump after meeting…
It is one of the options for freezing the conflict, Rodion Miroshnik said US Presidential Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg’s idea to divide Ukraine into zones of control between European countries and Russia, following the example of post-war Berlin, is one of the options for freezing the conflict and could lead to a new…
Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg appeared to suggest in an interview that Ukraine could be divided like Berlin after World War II. President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine appeared to suggest that the country could be divided like Berlin after World War II, as another of his envoys held long talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Urged…
