The Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and the European Union’s Coordinator for the Iran Nuclear Negotiations, Enrique Mora, said in Tehran today that they were working to move the talks forward with the revival of the 2015 agreement. The Emir of Qatar arrived in Tehran today and met with Iranian Supreme Leader […]
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Israel: Construction of 4,500 houses in Jewish settlements in the West Bank approved
Israel today approved the construction of nearly 4,500 homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, a Palestinian state occupied by the Jewish state since 1967, of which more than 2,700 received final approval, according to the Israeli organization Now Peace. (Peace Now). Specifically, the approval concerns the construction of 4,427 houses in the occupied […]
Washington, Seoul condemn North Korea launches ballistic missiles
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and his South Korean counterpart Kim Sung-khan condemned in a telephone conversation today the North Korean ballistic missile launches earlier, the White House announced. North Korea today fired three ballistic missiles into the offshore area off the east coast, launching a time-lapse race to bolster its arsenal. The two […]
Britain: Government refuses to release intelligence report on Lebedev’s appointment to House of Lords
The British government refused to release the report received by the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson from the secret services before appointing the Russian tycoon Evgeny Lebedev in the House of Lords. Johnson is under pressure over his friendship with Lebedev. In March, a Labor petition was passed by parliament asking for the details of […]
The issue of Ukraine’s grain embargo is on the agenda of the G7 foreign ministers
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) will discuss how to end Ukraine’s grain embargo on export to the world, German Foreign Minister Alena Berbock said today. “There are 25 million tonnes of grain currently stranded in the port of Odessa, which means food for the millions of people in urgent need of […]
Cyprus: A new pseudo-government was formed in the occupied territories
A new “government” was formed in the occupied territories with the participation of the National Unity Party, the Democratic Party and the Renaissance Party. According to the Cypriot News Agency, “Prime Minister” Unal Ustel presented the new “ministerial” to the Turkish Cypriot leader, who accepted it. The new “ministerial” consists of Unal Ustel, “Prime Minister”, […]
US: Democratic and Republican senators pledge to support Finland’s NATO membership
Leading Democrats and Republicans in the Senate pledged today to support Finland and Sweden’s NATO accession process. In the US, the Senate approves the treaties and needs a two-thirds majority of its members for Washington to give the “green light” for a country – in this case Finland – to join NATO. Helsinki has expressed […]
Turkey: CHP official sentenced to almost five years in prison for ‘insulting’ Erdogan
Janan Kaftantsioglu, a senior member of the main opposition party, was sentenced today to four years and 11 months in prison, a decision seen as a blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s political opponents, 13 months before the next presidential election. An official of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) confirmed to the French Agency the […]
Blinken in Germany on Saturday
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will travel to Germany on Saturday to attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers to discuss the North Atlantic Alliance’s response to the war in Ukraine, the State Department announced today. German Foreign Minister Analena Berbock called on ministers last month for an informal meeting in Berlin. The meeting […]
Germany: The meeting of the G7 Foreign Ministers begins today
In the idyllic Ostholstein of Schleswig-Holstein, on the shores of the Baltic Sea, the Foreign Ministers of the G7 Group (France, Germany, USA, Japan, Italy, Canada, Great Britain) meet from today until Saturday, with central issues on the agenda. the war in Ukraine, climate change and the coronavirus pandemic. More than 3,500 police officers have […]
