The Kremlin said Wednesday that work was under way on rebasing Russian-made S-400 missile-defence systems from Turkey to another country, a move that could affect Ankara's effort to regain access to the US F-35 fighter jet programme. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…
Argentina's President Javier Milei threatened on Monday to take the United Kingdom to arbitration over the Sea Lion oil project near the Falkland Islands, a British-administered territory claimed by Buenos Aires. Milei said on X that he had instructed Argenti…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in the Emirates on Sunday, UAE official media and Netanyahu's office said. The confirmation appeared to be the first time Abu Dhabi acknowledged a meeting between the two…
Lithuania said on September 28 that it had joined Latvia and Estonia in imposing national sanctions on Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman after the European Union removed them from its blacklist. Rokas Pukinskas, a representative of Lith…
The European Union imposed sanctions Monday on 27 Russian individuals and entities over what it said were roles in transferring Ukrainian children to Russia and barring the anti-war Yabloko party from a recent vote. The measures include asset freezes and trav…
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen announced a 710 million euro aid package for people affected by crises, natural disasters and conflict, with most of the money directed to Africa. Von der Leyen said in a statement to the UN General Assembly that the…
Saudi Arabia warned United Nations members on September 26 that attempts to block Middle East waterways threaten global energy security and demanded more international action to defend freedom of navigation. “The international community has been absent from a…
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul urged Russia to “abandon its dangerous path of escalation” during closed-door talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the United Nations in New York on Saturday, a German diplomat said. The meeting was the…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the United Nations that Russia was ready to help stabilize the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, adding Moscow's position to diplomatic moves over the strategic waterway. US President Donald Trump earlier said h…
Iran rejected Colombia's allegations after Bogota cut diplomatic ties with Tehran while keeping consular relations. Colombia said Thursday that the decision took effect on September 19 and was based on “hemispheric national security” considerations. The gover…
Dozens of envoys walked out of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations on Thursday in protest against him. Delegates jeered and booed, while members of Netanyahu's team stood and applauded. The speaker of the session called fo…
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas told the UN on Thursday that Israeli policies no longer only jeopardise a two-state solution but threaten the “very life and existence” of Palestinians on their homeland. “The danger is no longer limited to undermining the t…
Ireland's football team will play its UEFA Nations League fixtures against Israel but will not exchange handshakes or pennants before the September 27 match in Debrecen, Hungary. The Israeli Football Association said “football has won” after Ireland backed of…
Argentine President Javier Milei called the United Nations a “useless organization” in a speech to the world body on Wednesday, accusing it of failing to protect collective security and human rights. Milei said the UN had allowed “chaos, violence and internat…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 summit of world leaders in Miami in December. Rubio said the invitation was intended to give Putin a chance to engage w…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the United Nations on Wednesday that Tehran would not allow the Strait of Hormuz to be used for aggression against his country. “We cannot let some have free access and bolster their interests from the waterway, while…
Madagascar's military-led government has moved closer to Russia in the year since Colonel Michael Randrianirina took power, with weapons deliveries, cultural outreach and media programmes highlighting the relationship. Randrianirina replaced then president An…
French President Emmanuel Macron called for the world to “stand firm” in the face of what he called an “abuse of power” during his UN diplomatic-week speech. In the same address, Macron called the situation in conflict-devastated Gaza a “spectacle that shames…
Israel rebuked French President Emmanuel Macron after he criticised Israeli actions in the West Bank during a speech to the UN General Assembly. Macron used his Tuesday address in New York to deplore the humanitarian situation in Gaza and Israeli actions in t…
The United States has refused to give Sudan's de facto leader, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, a visa to travel to New York to address the UN General Assembly, sources told AFP. Burhan, whose army has fought the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since Apri…
Cuba condemned US President Donald Trump on Tuesday after he told the United Nations General Assembly that the island “will fall.” Cuban delegates left the room during Trump's speech in New York. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez later wrote on X that th…
US President Donald Trump called Tuesday for all countries that are members of the International Criminal Court to leave the body, calling it "out of control" during remarks at the United Nations. "I call on all nations that are members of the ICC to official…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused European countries on Saturday of trying to block talks to end the war in Ukraine, telling the UN General Assembly that Russia would achieve its aims in Ukraine “no matter the circumstances”. “Europe is doing eve…
The head of Spain's public broadcaster said Tuesday that he would propose another Eurovision boycott over Israel's participation, potentially adding Spain to the countries staying away from the 2027 contest. Jose Pablo Lopez, president of RTVE, told a Senate…
Russia said Tuesday that the European Union should remove all Russian citizens and businesspeople from its sanctions list, as EU members discuss ending measures against oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said at…
Hungary said Tuesday it had not joined Ukraine's Carpathian Eight regional cooperation initiative, despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying representatives from seven regional countries, including Hungary, took part in its first summit. Hungary's…
US President Donald Trump said Friday that Israel was “very happy” about a Gaza deal under which Hamas would hand over its weapons and Israeli forces would gra…
Two New Zealand naval vessels passed through the Taiwan Strait last week on their way to a joint exercise with the Philippines, the New Zealand Defence Force said Tuesday. The Anzac-class frigate HMNZS Te Mana and the sustainment vessel HMNZS Aotearoa transit…
The United Kingdom has joined an initiative urging permanent members of the UN Security Council not to use their vetoes on matters involving mass atrocities such as genocide, France and Mexico said Monday. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and Mexican…
The United States will build two military bases in Greenland under a security agreement signed on Tuesday by the United States, Greenland and Denmark. The 10-page agreement, signed in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, gives Washington cont…
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s plane landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday ahead of a summit with US President Donald Trump. Trump was waiting at the airport to greet Xi, whose arrival began a three-day state visit near Washington. Beijing had…
US President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that he was deciding whether to seek a deal with Iran or “annihilate” Iran if it failed to make a deal to end the Middle East war. “Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survi…
French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that his New York talks with US President Donald Trump on Ukraine and the Red Sea were “very constructive”. Macron spoke after meeting Trump ahead of the United Nations high-level week. He said the two leaders disc…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Tehran on Sunday evening for New York and planned a brief stop in Doha for regional consultations, state news agency IRNA reported. IRNA said the stop in Qatar would come before Araghchi attends the United Nations…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US President Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday afternoon, a source with knowledge of the matter told AFP. Both leaders are due to take part in the United Nations General Assembly. The planned meeting comes as…
French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced closer ties on Sunday in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France's North Atlantic territory just off Canada's coast, as both countries face strained relations with the United States.…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney became the first Canadian prime minister to visit Saint Pierre and Miquelon as French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed him to the French North Atlantic territory on September 20. Macron met Carney at the airport on the ar…
Iranian authorities announced on Sunday that they had closed a French language centre linked to the French embassy in Tehran, accusing it of illegal activities, and France said it would summon Iran's ambassador. The judiciary's Mizan news website said the Fre…
Taiwan's labour minister Hung Sun-han travelled to China on Sunday for an APEC ministerial meeting, in the first such trip by a senior Taiwanese government official since President Lai Ching-te took office two years ago. Hung took a 5:50 pm flight to Nanjing,…
The United States lifted sanctions on Eritrea on Friday that had been imposed in 2021 over the conflict in neighbouring Ethiopia, as Washington pointed to regional interests linked to Eritrea's Red Sea location. The US Treasury published a notice saying the n…
US President Donald Trump will meet Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez for the first time during the United Nations General Assembly next week, US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said Friday. Waltz said Trump would take part in a “pull-aside” with R…
The United States, Denmark and Greenland are due to sign a security deal for Greenland at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, September 22, Denmark's government said. The office of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she, US President Donald T…
Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile, withdrew from the race to become the next United Nations secretary-general after a straw poll showed her near the bottom of the field. Bachelet said in a video posted on social media Saturday that she had deci…
Palestinian statehood remains distant on the ground a year after France, Britain and other Western powers recognised a Palestinian state, with Israel rejecting the move and the Palestinian Authority weakened. French President Emmanuel Macron led a special UN…
Pakistan's military spokesman Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said the country would back Saudi Arabia “both diplomatically and physically” and would go to any extent to defend the kingdom and Islam's two holy sanctuaries. Chaudhry made the comments in an interview wit…
The Philippines and China traded blame on Friday after Manila said a China Coast Guard ship rammed a Philippine fisheries department boat in contested waters of the South China Sea. Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Jay Tarriela said the Chinese vessel hit the…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Friday that South Korea would not deploy troops or military assets to intervene in the Iran war. “There will be no involvement or intervention in the war. We will not deploy troops or military assets in that manner,”…
The UK government said on Friday that the Falkland Islands have the “right to develop their natural resources as they see fit” after Argentina sought tougher penalties for British-authorised oil and other resource projects in the disputed territory. “The UK G…
The United States will allow a core Iranian delegation to attend next week's UN General Assembly high-level week in New York, a State Department spokesman said Thursday, while imposing a smaller delegation size, travel limits and purchase restrictions. AFP re…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Thursday that Yerevan would not object if Russia closed its military base in Armenia, saying the base was no longer vital to national security. Pashinyan said Armenia had not put the future of Russia’s 102nd milita…
French, Lebanese and Jordanian leaders met in Paris on Thursday to discuss international support for Lebanon's cash-strapped army and plans for a new force to succeed the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon. French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed L…
US President Donald Trump's September 24 White House summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected by analysts to extend a relative easing of tensions rather than produce major agreements. Trump told reporters he would discuss "almost everything" with…
Bolivia and Paraguay finalized the course of their shared border in La Paz on Wednesday after nearly 88 years of negotiations, Bolivia's foreign ministry said. The ministry said the two countries had completed the delineation of their entire international bou…
The European Union has urged the United States to reconsider its refusal to grant visas to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian delegation members before the UN General Assembly meeting in New York. Anouar El Anouni, a spokesman…
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said North Korea's status as a nuclear weapons state was "absolute" and could not be reversed. In a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, Kim said Pyongyang's nuclear…
US President Donald Trump has signed legislation authorizing new sanctions aimed at pressuring Russia over its war in Ukraine, drawing a warning from China over possible measures affecting major buyers of Russian energy. The bill targets Russia's energy and d…
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi rejected any plans for Palestinian displacement on Wednesday during talks with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. Sisi “reiterated Egypt's firm stance against the displacement of the Palestinian people or any attempt…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Beijing on Wednesday that China was willing to “safeguard” Iran's legitimate rights and interests amid Tehran's war with the United States. Wang said China was willing to strengt…
India and Pakistan traded blame Wednesday over a collision between vessels operated by their navies, with both countries saying they summoned each other's top diplomats to lodge protests. Pakistan's foreign ministry said the incident took place Tuesday while…
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told United Nations chief Antonio Guterres that Lebanon needs a UN-sponsored international force to remain in the country's south after the current UN peacekeeping mandate expires. Salam met Guterres at UN headquarters in N…
Britain said on Tuesday that it was upgrading diplomatic relations with Venezuela, paving the way for the appointment of an ambassador in Caracas. Chris Elmore, Britain's minister for Latin America, said in a parliamentary statement that the UK and Venezuela…
The United States has announced new visa restrictions targeting some South Africans over what Washington described as race-based discrimination, deepening a dispute with Pretoria over South Africa's post-apartheid racial justice policies. US Secretary of Stat…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised “invariable support” for Russia in a letter to President Vladimir Putin, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday. KCNA quoted Kim as saying he was convinced Russia would win what he called the present…
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday pardoned Martin Ryan, a Frenchman jailed since 2023 on espionage charges, after the European Union removed two Russian billionaires from its sanctions list. Aliyev pardoned 20 people in total, his website said.…
Finland will join France's forward nuclear deterrence initiative, the two countries said Monday, extending the plan to a country that shares a long border with Russia. “Finland has decided to join forward deterrence,” Finland and France said in a joint statem…
India's women's cricket team refused to collect the Asia Cup trophy from Pakistan Cricket Board chief Mohsin Naqvi after winning the T20 final in Dubai on September 13. India beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs to claim a record-extending eighth continental title. Harm…
Cambodia and Thailand are set to present their positions to international mediators in Singapore this week in a dispute over overlapping maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand. Phnom Penh initiated a UN-backed conciliation process at the Permanent Court of A…
Twelve European countries meeting in Finland urged the European Union on Monday to take a stronger role in the Arctic, citing Russia and growing competition in the region. “We call for the European Union to take on a more strategic and proactive role in the E…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the proposed EU-Canada alliance aims to be a “beacon for democracies” and not to “dominate others,” after US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs over the plan. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen h…
Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori said Alvaro Vargas Llosa has accepted the post of Peru's next ambassador to the United States, though the appointment still requires legal review before confirmation. Fujimori said Friday in an interview with RPP radio that s…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met UAE crown prince Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed in New Delhi on Saturday, the Iranian embassy in India said. The embassy said Pezeshkian “held a meeting and talks” with the senior UAE official on the sidelines of the BRIC…
BRICS leaders called for “maximum restraint” in the Middle East in a joint statement issued Saturday at a summit in New Delhi, overcoming earlier divisions in the 11-nation group. The bloc, which includes China, Russia, Iran and India, said it was deeply conc…
The Kremlin ruled out a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Miami, after Zelensky said he would be willing to attend talks there on ending the war. “It is impossible,” Kremlin spokesman…
The next round of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon in Rome has been delayed until October, a US official said on September 11. The talks had been expected in early September. The official, speaking anonymously, said Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors wou…
China condemned remarks by CIA deputy director Michael Ellis on Friday after he said US intelligence agencies needed to collect foreign intelligence linked to economic security and competition with Beijing. Ellis told a cybersecurity conference on Tuesday tha…
Bahrain said Saturday it would not take part in a planned Oman-hosted meeting between Iran and Gulf states on the Strait of Hormuz until diplomatic relations with Tehran resume. Iran's foreign ministry had said the Monday meeting in Muscat would discuss the f…
Relatives of people killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks accused Saudi Arabia and past US leaders during a remembrance ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial in New York on Friday. Terry Strada, whose husband Tom was killed in the attacks and who chairs 9…
Russia said on Friday it would aim nuclear warheads at Lithuania if the Baltic state hosted weapons from the nuclear arsenals of its NATO allies. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television that such a move would be “a very serious turn in terms of…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed trade, energy, defence and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East in New Delhi on Friday, one day before an 11-member BRICS summit. Indian broadcasters showed the tw…
Nigeria's National Assembly said Friday it had suspended all official visits and online engagements with South Africa over continuing violence against immigrants there. Akin Rotimi, spokesman for Nigeria's lower chamber, said visits by the assembly, its commi…
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi discussed the Strait of Hormuz by phone on September 11, Seoul's foreign ministry said, days after South Korea said it was weighing a possible contribution to security in the w…
Pacific island nations are moving closer to Israel over embassies in Jerusalem, with experts and former diplomats saying Christian belief is a major reason for the region’s support. Nauru opened an embassy in Jerusalem earlier this month. Papua New Guinea and…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in New Delhi for the BRICS summit, Russian news agencies reported. Putin arrived for a three-day visit and was greeted by India's Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, according to Tass and RI…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ended a Latin America tour in Peru on Thursday with talks focused on security cooperation against drug trafficking and organi…
Chinese President Xi Jinping met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday while attending the 18th BRICS Summit, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. CCTV said the meeting took place on the afternoon of September 12 local time and gave…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Thursday that the alliance would remain “strong” whoever wins France's presidential election next year. “The elections in France will be in May next year, and again, whatever the outcome, NATO is there, will stay togethe…
Japan said Thursday it had asked for a new United Nations world map to be revised because it made the disputed Kuril islands appear to belong to Russia. Top Japanese government spokesman Minoru Kihara said the map, known as the Equal Earth cartographic projec…
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for a two-day BRICS summit with leaders from India, Russia, Iran and other member states, as wars, trade turbulence and energy security test the expanded bloc. Xi received a red-carpet welcome, wit…
South Korea's National Intelligence Service said Thursday that Kim Ju Ae, the daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is believed to have a younger sibling whose gender is not known. The agency said it currently assesses that Kim Ju Ae is being groomed a…
Syria condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Israeli troops in southern Syria on Wednesday, calling his entry into Syrian territory illegal. The Syrian foreign ministry said Netanyahu toured Mount Hermon in what it called a “provocativ…
Israel's foreign minister Gideon Saar said Wednesday that he spoke to Nigel Farage to thank the Reform UK leader for opposing British government sanctions on Israeli settlements. Saar wrote on X that Farage assured him a Reform government would reverse what S…
Aurelien Lechevallier, France's next ambassador to the United States, will be able to take up his post after several weeks of diplomatic deadlock, a US State Department official told AFP. Lechevallier, French President Emmanuel Macron's choice to replace Laur…
China's embassy in Panama opposed a new parliamentary group formed by Panamanian lawmakers to build ties with Taiwan, saying the move interfered in China's internal affairs. The group was launched Tuesday by 45 of the 71 deputies in Panama's National Assembly…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz cancelled a planned phone call with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, hours after Trump publicly celebrated a regional election win by Germany's far-right AfD party. A spokesman for Merz declined to give a reason for the…
Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro accused Beijing of bullying after he received a note during an international forum in Seoul that he said asserted…
Israel opened an embassy in Ljubljana on Wednesday as Prime Minister Janez Jansa's government deepened a diplomatic reset with Israel and thousands of protesters marched through the Slovenian capital. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, speaking alongside S…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the United States would not join UK-led sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements, after 12 countries ann…
Israel said Tuesday that it would deny entry to 12 Britons if they try to visit, including Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour Party leader and advocate for Pales…
Norwegian authorities said Tuesday they helped repatriate 69 Russian citizens who were stranded in the Arctic after a Russian ship was seized at the demand of…
Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Phnom Penh on Friday at the start of a two-day state visit, with images released by his office showing Cambodia giving him a red-carpet welcome. He is due to meet Cambodia's acting head of state Hun Sen and Prime Mini…
Bosnia's Foreign Minister Elmedin Konakovic ordered two Serbian diplomats to leave the country on Tuesday after Serbian officials attended the funeral of convi…
Hormuz Strait talks between Iran and Oman have made "significant progress" over administration of the strategic waterway, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghc…
Iceland summoned the US ambassador after President Donald Trump posted a map that appeared to show Iceland and several other territories as part of the United…
Hungary is expelling 10 members of the Russian diplomatic mission over what Budapest called activities that are unacceptable for diplomats under the Vienna Con…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he plans to meet US President Donald Trump in New York in late September. Zelensky had said on September 8 that he hoped to meet Trump after September 20 to discuss air defence support for Kyiv. He told journalists…
The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday it would not comment on an Israeli media report that UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan warned Israel before Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. The UAE foreign ministry said the government does not comment on media st…
Israel will close Britain's consulate in east Jerusalem amid a row over sanctions on Israeli settlements, Israel's envoy to the United Nations said Tuesday. The announcement followed a move by 12 countries, including Britain, Canada and France, backing sancti…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged Tuesday to restore US-Colombia relations as he opened a three-country Latin America tour with talks in Barranquilla w…
Russia ordered Germany's consulate in Saint Petersburg to close by September 18, 2026, deepening a diplomatic dispute after Germany shut Russia's consulate in Bonn. Russia's foreign ministry said Monday it was revoking consent for the German consulate general…
European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the presence of Serbian officials at Ratko Mladic's funera…
Ethiopia's Tigray People's Liberation Front accused African Union special envoy Olusegun Obasanjo of not being impartial as he seeks to prevent renewed civil war. TPLF authorities said on Sunday that they remained committed to peace and dialogue but had not f…
The International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors closed a long-running probe against Syria on Wednesday after the country's current authorities led inspectors to key nuclear sites. Two diplomats said the IAEA board adopted by consensus a text termi…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a €200 million ($232 million) EU investment package for Greenland on Monday during a visit to the Danish autonomous territory, as she said Europe would be more present in Greenland and the Arctic. T…
North Korea has described the first road bridge across its narrow border with Russia as a sign of closer ties, after a Monday ceremony opened the route over th…
Nauru opened its embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, joining a small group of countries with embassies in the contested city. Nauru's vice president and foreign m…
A senior United Arab Emirates official said on Monday that rebuilding trust with Iran is necessary but will be difficult, while calling for wider Gulf dialogue…
Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman said in Abu Dhabi on September 7 that Gulf states cannot depend on the United States and other international alliances alone for their security and need to become more self-sufficient. Speaking at the Hili Forum in the Unite…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Nuuk on Sunday for a two-day visit aimed at reaffirming European Union support for Greenland as the United States continues to show interest in the Arctic island. “We are family,” von der Leyen sai…
A total of 128 countries agreed on Saturday on a text defining lethal autonomous weapons systems, a step toward possible talks on an international treaty to regulate the weapons. Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen announced the agreement. The Netherlands ha…
US President Donald Trump said Friday he will host a state dinner for Chinese leader Xi Jinping when Xi visits the White House on September 24. “We're going to have a state dinner, and we're going to do great things with China,” Trump told reporters in the Ov…
The United Nations General Assembly voted on September 4 to back the Equal Earth map projection, a change supporters say gives a more accurate view of the rela…
The French foreign ministry said Friday it plans to stop using the traditional Mercator projection in its world maps, backing an African-led push for geographical representations that better reflect continents' actual surface areas. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Colombia, Ecuador and Peru from September 8 to 10, the State Department said Friday. The department said the trip is intended to strengthen US partnerships, increase cooperation against drug cartels and deepen trad…
Vietnamese President To Lam will visit Russia next week before travelling to France and attending a space summit in Paris, Vietnam's foreign ministry said Friday. To Lam's state visit to Russia begins Monday, and he is due to meet President Vladimir Putin. Th…
EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos has cancelled a planned visit to Serbia over what she called the “glorification” of convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic after his body was received with military honours in Belgrade. “Ratko Mladic was convict…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot criticised French media outlets for continuing to publish or host Russian commentator Xenia Fedorova after her expulsion from France. Fedorova, 45, was formally expelled in August after losing an appeal against a court…
Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Hanoi on Friday for a three-day Vietnam visit aimed at strengthening political and business ties, according to Myanmar's presidency. Images released by Myanmar's government showed Min Aung Hlaing and his wife, Kyu Kyu…
Britain said the Falkland Islands are British after Argentine President Javier Milei renewed Argentina's claim to the South Atlantic territory and announced sanctions linked to a British-Israeli oil project near the islands. “The Falklands are British because…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators could meet as soon as September, after US envoys held separate weekend talks in Moscow and Kyiv. “If all sides agree, we also want to hold it in autumn. If Septembe…
The Democratic Republic of Congo said it would move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem after President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi visited Israel, j…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on September 3 that toppling Iran's Islamic republic was “within reach”, describing the regime as weaker than ev…
The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on Fidel Ernesto Castro Calis, a grandson of former Cuban leader Raul Castro, and five Cuban state-linked entities…
Iceland is maintaining its reliance on the United States and NATO for security despite concern over President Donald Trump’s rhetoric, after voters rejected re…
Chinese artists have withdrawn from the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea after organisers allowed an exhibition to use the name “Taiwan Pavilion”, officials sai…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez criticised Morocco on Thursday over comments by Moroccan ministers about Ceuta and Melilla, calling them “unacceptable” and saying Spain had summoned Morocco's ambassador on August 21. Sanchez told parliament that after th…
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron held their first official talks at Downing Street on Thursday, discussing Channel migrant c…
Pacific Island nations condemned China's July intercontinental ballistic missile test in a summit communique agreed Thursday in Palau, despite pressure from Be…
Canadian entrepreneur Liam Mooney is selling caps defending the name Lake Ontario after President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring that the US-…
Russia's foreign ministry said Thursday it summoned Norway's ambassador after Norwegian authorities seized the Russian vessel Professor Molchanov in the Arctic…
EU foreign ministers opened talks in Ireland on Wednesday on possible changes to the bloc's diplomacy, but foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the current in…
Chinese state news agency Xinhua said President Xi Jinping told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during talks in Cairo on Wednesday that “external inter…
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China was willing to work with countries in the Middle East to protect international shipping lanes, Chinese state media repo…
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday that Middle Eastern countries should oppose “external interfere…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Germany "wants war again" in an interview published Sunday, rejecting Berlin's accusation that Moscow was behind an explosive-laden drone incident at Leipzig airport. The German government has blamed Russia for the…
Peru has severed diplomatic relations with Iran, with its Foreign Ministry accusing Tehran of escalating conflict in the Middle East and disrupting maritime transit through the Strait of Hormuz. The ministry said Tuesday that Peru, citing what it called its h…
French President Emmanuel Macron and King Charles III hailed UK-France ties on Wednesday after viewing the Bayeux Tapestry in London during Macron's two-day vi…
Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes said they do not and will not work on hydrocarbon projects near the Falkland Islands after Argentina opened proceedi…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that insults by US officials toward Canada were “not productive” to ending a trade war between the neighbouring countries. Carney was responding after two members of US President Donald Trump's cabinet made dis…
The International Atomic Energy Agency said inspectors found about 73 tonnes of natural uranium metal in Syria after the country's current authorities reported an undisclosed site dating back to ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad. The UN nuclear watchdog ga…
The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a confidential report seen by AFP on Tuesday that its lack of access to key nuclear sites in Iran “needs to be addressed with the utmost urgency”. “The agency's lack of information about this nuclear material and…
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday during his first visit to the Egyptian capital in a d…
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said on Tuesday that the UK would set out measures over Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank, while Israel warned it would retaliate if London imposed sanctions. Speaking in parliament, Miliband condemned wh…
France insisted on its sovereignty over the disputed Pacific islands of Matthew and Hunter after Vanuatu sought to open a case against Paris at the Internation…
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Egypt on Tuesday for a rare Middle East trip as China and Egypt face the threat of US sanctions over financial links to…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday that Tehran would take immediate reciprocal action if the United States returned to a June deal aimed at endin…
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said Syria is pursuing a diplomatic solution with Israel through US-mediated negotiations despite ongoing Israeli attacks. Shaibani told a press conference with visiting Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on…
Spain recorded 5,111 heat-related deaths from June to August, the highest total for that period since the Carlos III Health Institute began its statistics in 2015, the public institute's data showed Tuesday. The estimate exceeded the previous June-to-August h…
Myanmar's military leader and president, Min Aung Hlaing, will visit Vietnam from September 4 to 6, Vietnam state media said Tuesday, in the latest stop on a regional push for diplomatic recognition. Myanmar's foreign ministry said he would meet Vietnamese Pr…
South Korea's spy agency has assessed that a summit between the United States and North Korea could be possible “at any time” after signs of dialogue, South Ko…