Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko has said he will hold a second telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel amid efforts to end Belarus’ immigration crisis with the EU, state news agency Belta reported. According to Lukashenko, after the first telephone conversation they had yesterday, Monday, Merkel discussed with other EU countries a Minsk proposal for […]
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The contradictions of European policy towards Belarus
By Costas Raptis The fifth package of sanctions against Belarus, with the prospect of adoption and the sixth, approved yesterday by the “27”, against the background of the crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, is a revelation of the contradictions of the “eastern policy” of the EU. Contradictions arising mainly from the fact that Russia is […]
Sudan: The head of Al Jazeera’s office in the country has been released
Authorities in Sudan have released the head of al Jazeera’s office in Khartoum, two days after he was arrested during a raid on his home. El Mousalmi El Kambasi was released today, while the army that has seized power in Sudan did not announce the reasons for his arrest. On Sunday, shortly after the arrest […]
Turkey: Suspect Arrested for Assassination of Haitian President in July
Turkish authorities have arrested a man suspected of “intense interest” in the July assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moyes, Foreign Minister Claude Joseph said late last night. Moise, 53, a former businessman who took over the presidency in 2017, was shot and killed inside the presidential residence, while his wife was injured in the attack. […]
UAE-Iran: Steps to de-escalate tension between the two countries through diplomacy
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is taking steps to de-escalate tensions with Iran as part of a political choice through diplomacy and away from confrontation, a senior official said Monday. Anwar Gargas, a diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, said the Gulf country was deeply concerned about Iran’s behavior in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon. […]
US, Britain, Canada impose sanctions on Nicaragua after ‘election-comedy’
The U.S. government on Monday announced financial sanctions against Nicaraguan prosecutors and nine Central American government officials in response to what the White House called an “election imitation,” a “comedy orchestrated” by the president. Ortega and Vice President Rosario Mourinho “. The threat of sanctions would have been circulating before the November 7 vote, in […]
Burkina Faso: At least 32 killed in Sunday attack on gendarmerie
At least 28 gendarmes and four civilians were killed Sunday in what became known as the Jihadist offensive against a body contingent in Inata, north of Burkina Faso, according to a new official death toll released Monday. The new, still provisional report, “speaks of 28 gendarmes and 4 civilians dead,” according to a government statement. […]
Odebrecht scandal: Guatemala extradites son of former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli
Luis Enrique Martinelli, the son of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, was extradited to the United States on Monday from Guatemala, where he was arrested last year along with his brother Ricardo Alberto, who has also been extradited to the United States. of the corruption case at the heart of which is the Brazilian construction […]
The President of Mexico against the US embargo on Cuba
Mexico’s president, center-left Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, on Monday once again condemned Cuba’s economic blockade by the United States. “I do not think Cuba should be isolated, politically speaking. You should not strangle Cubans because they chose to stay in their homeland,” said Lopez Obrador, referring to the Washington-imposed embargo on Havana. from half a […]
USA: Six teenagers in hospital after being injured by a fire near a school in Colorado
Six teenagers, aged 14 to 18, were taken to hospital after being injured in a fire near a high school in Orora, Colorado, but their lives are not in danger, police said. The perpetrators of the attack, who are probably members of a gang, remained unarrested yesterday Monday afternoon. According to Vanessa Wilson, the chief […]
