MOSCOW (AA) – Attempts to retake Crimea will be seen by Russia as a “threat to the existence of the state”, deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has said. He added that such a move would give Russia the right to use any kind of weapon, including its nuclear arsenal. Responding to […]
GENEVA (AA) – Islamic giving plays an increasing role in helping the forcibly displaced people, a UN refugee agency official said on Friday. At the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Khaled Khalifa, a senior advisor to the High Commissioner and UNHCR representative to Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, launched the fifth Isla...
MOSCOW (AA) – A senior Russian official has said that an attempt to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin under the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant would amount to “declaring a war.” Remarks by Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, came after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin ove...
ISTANBUL / ANKARA (AA) – Chinese and Australian defense officials have resumed talks for the first time since 2019 despite Beijing’s strong reaction to the recent AUKUS deal. It was the eighth defense coordination dialogue between Beijing and Canberra, the Chinese Defense Ministry said in a statement. “The two sides exchanged frank and in-dept...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia announced Tuesday that it summoned Canada’s charge d’affaires for comments made by the Canadian foreign minister. The Russian Foreign Ministry said Brian Ebel was summoned Monday and was told that the comments were “unacceptable and ran counter to the obligations of Canada as a state party to the Vienna Convention ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping on Monday said that Beijing will work with Russia to “promote a multi-polar world.” On his ninth trip to Russia since being first elected as president in 2013, Xi said: “China will work with Russia to uphold true multilateralism, promote a multi-polar world and greater democracy in international [&h...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has lauded Türkiye and the UN for securing an extension to the Black Sea grain deal. The agreement “has been prolonged and congratulations to the UN and Türkiye for this diplomatic effort,” Borrell told reporters before a meeting of EU foreign ministers. “Let’s hope that this [&hellip...
GENEVA (AA) – The arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin is valid for life, according to International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan. “There is no statute of limitations for war crimes,” Khan told BBC Radio 4, adding that the ICC’s arrest warrant remains valid even after Russi...
LONDON (AA) – Despite AUKUS, a trilateral security treaty between Australia, the UK, and the US, which made France “furious” when it was announced in 2021, London and Paris still see each other as key strategic partner, according to an international relations expert. Security, defense, and support to Ukraine as well as Englis...
MOSCOW / BEIJING (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia next week, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has announced. “At the invitation of President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia from March 20 to 22,” Hua Chunying tweeted. She [&hel...
