ISTANBUL (AA) – Denouncing the West’s push to forge military alliances in the Asia-Pacific region, China has told the UN Security Council that NATO’s expansion has “sowed the seed of conflict.” “NATO’s five eastward expansions after the Cold War have not only failed to make Europe securer, but also sowed the seed of conflict,” Ambassador [&hel...
MADRID (AA) – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that the alliance must diversify its energy suppliers as Russia uses energy “as a weapon.” “The war in Ukraine shows the danger of being too dependent on commodities from authoritarian regimes. The way Russia is using energy as a weapon of coercion highlights the need t...
LONDON (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced Tuesday that Argentina is on track to become a member of the BRICS group of emerging economies along with Iran. “Of course, both Argentina and Iran are worthy and respected candidates, as well as a number of other countries that are also mentioned in the discussions,...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has rejected as “baseless, one-sided and unjust” a statement issued by the Group of Seven (G7) following their summit in Germany. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said the G7 statement was in line with “erroneous habits of the countries that issued it” and shows “their insistence on failed policies that [...
MADRID (AA) – Türkiye, Finland and Sweden signed a memorandum Tuesday on the Nordic countries’ bids for NATO membership following four-way talks in Madrid. Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto and Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson met to discuss the issu...
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (AA) – Reaffirming their unified stance in support of Ukraine, the Group of Seven economic powers have vowed to impose “severe and immediate economic costs” on Russia for its war on Ukraine. Leaders of the seven countries wrapped up their summit in Germany hours after a Russian missile strike on a shopping […]...
MADRID (AA) – NATO would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said. Stoltenberg’s remarks came at the High-Level Dialogue on Climate Change and Security. Noting that NATO has the responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he said that for this ...
ANKARA (AA) – The US Treasury Department has announced that it has prohibited Russian gold imports and imposed sanctions on 70 Russian entities and 29 individuals. The move applies to gold of Russian origin but does not include gold located outside of Russia. Gold is Moscow’s biggest non-energy export and Russia is fourth in the [&...
GENEVA (AA) – The UK and World Health Organization have launched a new health and climate change platform to help countries realize pledges made at last year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). The Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate Change and Health (ATACH) held its first meeting on June 27 in its quest to achieve [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In response to the latest announcement by the G7 nations regarding the launch of a $600 billion global infrastructure initiative, China has said that the G7 nations should bring “real money and projects that actually benefit the people.” “What the international community wants to see is real money and projects that actual...