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China's recent test of a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile is expected to dominate talks when foreign ministers from the Pacific Islands Forum's 18 member states meet in Suva on Friday. Beijing gave Pacific nations only a few hours' notice be…
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey will sign a joint defence agreement in Jeddah on Friday, a source close to the Saudi army told AFP. The source, who spoke on…
Uganda's parliament has backed President Yoweri Museveni's decision to deploy Ugandan soldiers to the Gaza Strip as part of an International Stabilisation Force under a disarmament agreement reached at the end of July. The motion supported sending the Uganda…
The United States targeted a new group of Cuban military entities and defence officials on Thursday, expanding a campaign aimed at Havana's military and its economic networks. The measures include affiliates of GAESA, a military-controlled conglomerate founde…
The United States announced sanctions on Thursday targeting Cuban Armed Forces Minister General Alvaro Lopez Miera, seven other people and five state-owned entities, citing their alleged role in foreign military cooperation and arms procurement. The US State…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Serbia on Saturday in his first trip there since Russia's invasion, a senior Ukrainian official told AFP. The official described the Belgrade visit as symbolically important because Serbia is a traditional Mos…
Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar's former junta chief and current president, met Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul at Government House in Bangkok on Thursday in his first visit to Thailand as a civilian leader. The trip is part of a diplomatic push by Min Aung…
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Asim Munir will visit Saudi Arabia from August 6 to 8, the country's foreign office said on Thursday. Foreign ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi said the visit was taking place “against the backdrop of hei…
The United States and allies urged the Organization of American States on Wednesday to call an extraordinary meeting before September to consider possible measures against Nicaragua over President Daniel Ortega's plan to bar opposition groups from elections.…
Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from November 6 to 17, the Vatican said on August 5, in a trip to the continent where he spent decades as a missionary. The pope, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, lived for more than two decades in Pe…
The US Treasury lifted sanctions on Iraq's Fly Baghdad airline and two of its aircraft on Wednesday, while keeping sanctions on Basheer Abdulkadhim Alwan al-Shabbani, a man previously identified as the company's owner. Washington had designated the airline, i…
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar left on Wednesday, August 5, for Ecuador and Colombia as Israel seeks stronger ties with right-led Latin American governments. Saar is the first Israeli foreign minister to visit Ecuador in 44 years. He is also due to att…
Poland is in talks with Washington about whether to establish a permanent US military base on Polish territory, Deputy Defence Minister Pawel Zalewski said Wednesday. Zalewski told public broadcaster TVP that an initial stage had been completed and that Washi…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that the EU will make €1.4 billion available to Ukraine from windfall profits on Russian central bank assets frozen in the bloc. Von der Leyen announced the funding after condemning what she ca…
Brazil’s diplomatic relations with Argentina will remain downgraded as long as President Javier Milei’s “attacks” on Brazilian democratic institutions persist, a Brazilian Foreign Ministry source told AFP on Wednesday. “We have decided to downgrade the relati…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticised the United States after Washington revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to the United States, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, in a widening diplomatic dispute before Brazil's October presidential electio…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez signed a civil nuclear energy cooperation agreement in Washington on Tuesday. The accord is known as a “123 Agreement,” after Section 123 of the US Atomic Energy Act. The United S…
Ukraine's former army chief Valery Zaluzhny has said the country will "never" join NATO, despite Kyiv's stated aim of joining the US-led military alliance, according to European Pravda. Zaluzhny, now Ukraine's ambassador to Britain, made the comments at a mee…
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said Tuesday that he had no objection to a public meeting with Syria's leadership, marking his first stated openness to such contact since new authorities took power in Damascus. Qassem said in a televised address that there was “n…
Israel refused at talks on August 6 to withdraw from more areas of south Lebanon unless the Lebanese army had full control of two initial “pilot zones”, a Lebanese presidential source told AFP. The seventh round of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel was…
Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing met Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in Bangkok on Thursday, his first visit to Thailand as civilian leader as he seeks wider diplomatic acceptance for Myanmar. Anutin said the talks at Government House were a chance to “…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, Olga Stefanishyna, by decree on Monday, a move that had been expected after a government reshuffle last month. Stefanishyna said in a Facebook post that she had asked…
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Nechirvan Barzani, leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, in Damascus on Monday for talks that Syrian official sources told AFP were aimed at advancing a deal with Syria's Kurds. Syrian state news agency SANA said…
US President Donald Trump said a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be reached as soon as Wednesday, while warning Iran it would be “hit very hard” if the waterway did not reopen soon. Trump told reporters in California on Tuesday that negotiators “had…
US President Donald Trump is expected to make a brief visit to Ireland in September, including a stop at his family's golf resort in Doonbeg during the Irish Open, Press Association and RTE reported. The reports said Trump is expected at Trump International G…
Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have agreed on a road map for talks on gradually normalising diplomatic ties, Venezuela's foreign ministry said Sunday, two years after relations were severed over Nicolas Maduro's disputed claimed reelection. The ministry…
Pakistan, which is mediating, said it hoped a Hormuz agreement would lead to the resumption of talks between Iran and the United States. The comment followed Iran’s statement that it and Oman had agreed a route for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz a…
South African singer-songwriter Tyla removed a planned Lagos show from her tour line-up as Nigeria and South Africa faced tensions over anti-immigrant violence in South Africa. No reason was given for the change. The removal came after some Nigerians on socia…
Cairo is set to host a meeting soon of Gaza truce mediators to discuss implementing the second phase of the ceasefire plan, state-linked Al-Qahera News reported early Friday. The mediators include the United States, Qatar and Turkey, the outlet reported. It d…
Chile said on Thursday it was restoring diplomatic relations with Venezuela after severing ties with then-president Nicolas Maduro's administration in 2024. “As of today, Chile and Venezuela are beginning a new phase,” Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast said…
The US Treasury imposed sanctions Thursday on six individuals and companies it said were aiding Mahan Air, an Iranian airline Washington accuses of facilitating Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The new sanctions include a China-based individual and c…
The US State Department acknowledged "an unfortunate error" Thursday after an inaccurate map of Africa was shown during a US presentation at an international AIDS conference in Brazil. A department spokesperson said the United States took full responsibility…
Paraguay's foreign minister summoned Brazil's ambassador on Thursday after Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva commented on a 19th-century war between the two countries. Lula said, "Let us not forget that, one fine day, Paraguay decided to invade Br…
Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro urged US President Donald Trump to pursue dialogue with Cuba and called for efforts to prevent a US invasion or missile strike during a visit to Havana, Cuban media reported on Saturday. Petro arrived in Cuba on Frid…
Rebeca Grynspan was leading after the first UN Security Council straw poll in the race to choose the next UN secretary-general, diplomatic sources told AFP. Grynspan, a former vice-president of Costa Rica and head of the UN Conference on Trade and Development…
Hamas called on Tuesday for clarifications from US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace after the board said Israel's withdrawal from Gaza would begin only once Hamas had completely disarmed. The Palestinian Islamist movement said Friday that it had agreed…
The European Union imposed sanctions on Prince Holding Group, its chairman Chen Zhi and the Myanmar armed group Democratic Karen Benevolent Army over alleged cyberscams targeting victims worldwide. Brussels placed Prince Holding Group and Chen Zhi on an asset…
Poland handed Russia's ambassador a note of protest on Friday over a missile incursion into eastern Poland a day earlier, the foreign ministry said. Foreign ministry spokesman Maciej Wewior said the ambassador was told of Poland's “unequivocal condemnation” o…
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that any initiative ignoring the sovereign rights of Turkish Cypriots was doomed to fail, after UN chief Antonio Guterres visited divided Cyprus. Erdogan said the Cyprus question could not be reduced to a…
The United States announced new sanctions on Wednesday against entities it linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and accused of extracting money from ships using the Strait of Hormuz. The US Treasury Department said an Iran-backed "extortion scheme" forced co…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's role in President Donald Trump's pressure campaign on Cuba reflects a political career shaped by the island and Florida's Cuban exile community. Rubio, the most powerful Cuban American in the United States government, is de…
Venezuela summoned Iran's ambassador on Tuesday, July 28, to protest remarks it described as “contemptuous and inappropriate,” the Venezuelan foreign ministry said. The ministry said the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran was called to receive a note…
Ukraine said it wants to avoid unnecessary escalation with Iran after the two countries' foreign ministers spoke by phone Tuesday following a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga wrote on X that he…
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye offered "unwavering support" to neighbouring Mali on Tuesday during a visit to junta leader Assimi Goita, whose government is fighting jihadist and separatist insurgents. Faye's visit was his first trip since being a…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday he had a "good meeting" with US President Donald Trump at the White House and that the two discussed American support for Kyiv's fight against Russia. Zelensky wrote on X that the Oval Office talks included…
Gabon and Equatorial Guinea signed an agreement on Tuesday ending a decades-long dispute over three small islands in potentially oil-rich waters after the International Court of Justice backed Equatorial Guinea. The two west African countries had disputed the…
British MP Chris Philp accused a French patrol vessel of firing live rounds near him in the Channel on Tuesday, while French maritime authorities said the shots were part of a training exercise unrelated to the British boat. Philp, an opposition Conservative…
The United States walked out of a UN Security Council meeting on Monday after France said Washington had sided with North Korea, Russia and other states in opposing the extension of the UN human rights chief’s term. Dan Negrea, an alternate US representative…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he would convene new Cyprus talks involving the divided island's rival leaders and its three guarantor powers, but only after what he called adequate preparation. Guterres gave no date for the m…
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that China supports Brazil in opposing “external interference,” Chinese state news agency Xinhua said after a call between the two leaders on Monday. According to Xinhua, Xi said…
Colombia’s president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella said he will break diplomatic relations with Cuba and Nicaragua after taking office on August 7 and close 29 embassies and consulates. De la Espriella said on Sunday that the closures would include missions…
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, criticised ASEAN on Monday after the Southeast Asian bloc called for a denuclearised Korean peninsula. At its annual regional forum last week, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations expressed gra…
Argentina's President Javier Milei has again called Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a thief and corrupt, extending a diplomatic row with Argentin…
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel accused the United States of trying to gain control of Cuba through economic and political pressure during a speech in Pinar del Rio on Sunday, July 26, 2026. Diaz-Canel described US policy towards Cuba as genocidal and said…
New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he would be prepared to disagree with US President Donald Trump when Britain’s interests required it. In excerpts released on Sunday, July 26, from a BBC interview recorded on Friday, Burnham described his first telepho…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the immediate removal of sanctions imposed on Syria during the rule of ousted president Bashar al-Assad as he concluded a two-day visit to the country. Speaking at a press conference in Damascus on…
Italy's embassy in Bangkok apologised after a viral video showed a Thai woman confronting a group of noisy Italian teenagers on a Bangkok train. The TikTok video was posted on Friday and had been shared more than 28,000 times. In the clip, a Thai woman off ca…
Russia warned Romania on Monday that the expulsion of a Russian embassy employee “will not go unanswered” after Bucharest linked the move to repeated drone incursions into its airspace. Romania, a NATO member bordering Ukraine, summoned Russian Ambassador Vla…
Peru and Venezuela will resume diplomatic relations after cutting ties over Nicolas Maduro's disputed 2024 election win, both foreign ministries announced Friday. Caracas broke relations with Lima in July 2024 after Peru recognised Venezuela's opposition lead…
US President Donald Trump warned China and Russia against selling weapons to Iran, while saying he believed assurances from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin that they were not yet doing so. Trump wrote on Truth Social that, in…
US President Donald Trump told the Financial Times he was “not sure” whether Washington would allow Ukraine to build Patriot surface-to-air interceptor missiles, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Trump had agreed to the licences. The issue was…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held White House talks with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday as the US military said it had intercepted multiple ballistic missiles launched from Iran at US forces in the Middle East. The closed-door meeting laste…
The United States announced new sanctions on Thursday targeting Cuba's long-running international medical missions program, which sends doctors to dozens of countries and brings Cuba billions of dollars in revenue. The sanctions targeted government enterprise…
Uganda's Olara Otunnu has joined the race to become the next leader of the United Nations, becoming the seventh candidate seeking to succeed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The UN informed member states that Otunnu's candidacy had been presented by Uganda…
A United States deal to equip Saudi Arabia with a civilian nuclear programme has raised questions about nuclear proliferation risks. The text of the agreement has not been made public. US media has reported that it would allow Washington to export technology…
South Korea has dropped a policy that put pressure on North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons first, Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said on Thursday. Chung said South Korea had shifted its immediate priority from disarmament to stopping the expans…
Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on 23 July 2026 that he had met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of a meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers in Manila. Motegi said they discussed bilateral relations on Wednesday afternoo…
The Philippines accused China's coast guard of firing a water cannon and using a dangerous manoeuvre on Thursday to block vessels taking aid to Filipino fishermen near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The incident took place near the disputed reef ho…
Southeast Asian foreign ministers called for freedom of navigation in international straits as they ended a week of meetings in Manila that was largely oversha…
Six candidates seeking to become the next United Nations secretary-general used a televised debate on Thursday to stress the need to restore confidence in the organisation before the formal selection process begins. The debate in the General Assembly Hall las…
Canada has cancelled plans for a joint inauguration ceremony with the United States for a new cross-border bridge after the United States threatened new tariffs on several Canadian products. Canadian Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson said T…
The US State Department confirmed that the next round of US-mediated talks between Israel and Lebanon will be held in Rome from August 4 to 6, as Israel prepares to withdraw from two “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani f…
Senior officials and ministers in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have posted messages about friendship and unity on social media, signalling a possible easing of tensions months after a public dispute between the two countries. On Tuesday evening,…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he would meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Manila on Thursday for talks expected to focus on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Lavrov told reporters on Wednesday that the meeting would take place on T…
Morocco has asked Italian authorities to explain the death of Moroccan national Abderrahim Fakir during his arrest in Bologna, after the case triggered large protests in the Italian city. Fakir died after police tackled him to the ground. Italian Prime Minist…
Lithuania is relocating Soviet-era Red Army graves as part of a wider effort to remove remaining symbols linked to Soviet rule, a process that has led to renewed tension with Russia. At a wartime burial site in Vievis, west of Vilnius, archaeologists have bee…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Southeast Asian foreign ministers on Wednesday that allowing Iran to control the Strait of Hormuz would create a dangerous precedent with effects beyond the Middle East. Speaking to envoys at an Association of Southeast…
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she raised concern with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi over Beijing's test of a nuclear-capable missile in the South Pacific, calling the launch destabilising during talks in Manila. Wong spoke on the sidelines of…
The United States said on Tuesday that it was sending the first part of a $100 million aid package to Cuba as the island faces a deep economic crisis under pressure from Washington. The State Department said a plane carrying pre-packaged food and hygiene kits…
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Tuesday that US President Donald Trump's authorization for airlines to resume direct flights to Beirut was an important opportunity for Lebanon's economy and its links with Washington. Salam welcomed the announcement,…
Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing will meet Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in Bangkok on August 6 and 7, Thailand's foreign minister said. Sihasak Phuangketkeow confirmed the planned meeting after what he described as a frank and candid discussion with…
Syria's foreign minister called for an immediate Israeli withdrawal during a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The call came during Guterres's visit to Syria, where he urged international support for the country as it goes throug…
Morocco asked Italy for a full clarification after Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan man, died during an arrest, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called for the truth to be pursued fully. Meloni said any possible causes of Fakir's death must b…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a regional Asian summit that he expects Chinese President Xi Jinping to have a very positive visit to the United Stat…
A Russian naval ship carried out a live-fire weapons exercise in international waters off southern England, Britain's defence ministry said. The ministry said the ship was in the Channel about 40 miles, or 74 kilometres, south of the UK port of Plymouth on Mo…
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong urged Laos to carry out a transparent investigation into the methanol poisoning deaths of two Australian tourists during a Tuesday meeting with Laos Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane in Manila. The two Australians…
The Kremlin said it had no hope that relations with the United Kingdom would improve under Britain's new prime minister, Andy Burnham, who took office a day earlier. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow had “no such hopes” when asked whether ties could…
South China Sea tensions threatened to overshadow an ASEAN meeting in Manila on Tuesday after the United States condemned what it called dangerous Chinese actions in the contested waterway. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the Philippines before a…
Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering in the Philippines for meetings shaped by renewed fighting in the Middle East and divisions over Myanmar’s place in regional diplomacy. Ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are meeting in Ma…
Senegal announced on Monday that it is supporting former president Macky Sall's bid to become the next United Nations secretary-general, reversing its earlier position. The decision came three days after Sall visited President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Dakar.…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Iceland had nothing to lose by negotiating with the European Union over membership, as the country prepares for a referendum on restarting stalled accession talks. Icelanders are due to vote on August 29 on whethe…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in Algiers on Monday that he wanted to deepen ties with Algeria as the two countries work to repair relations after a dispute over Western Sahara. Sanchez said the visit, his first to Algeria in four years, had partic…
Russia ordered the expulsion of an Italian military attache and one of his aides from Moscow on Monday, saying the move was retaliation for Italy expelling two Russian military attaches earlier this month. Russia's foreign ministry said the officials and thei…
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul sang for Chinese Premier Li Qiang during a formal lunch in Beijing on Monday, in another example of his use of music during diplomatic meetings. Footage released by Anutin's office showed him seated beside Li at a long…
France’s Macron congratulated new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and urged new momentum in the European Union partnership. The message adds to European reaction already reported from European Council President Antonio Costa, who congratulated Burnham on…
China's ambassador in Manila said Tuesday that renewed tension between China and the Philippines had not changed Beijing's desire to complete talks with Southeast Asian nations on rules of conduct in the South China Sea. Filipino and Chinese sailors clashed a…
Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni is set to travel to Islamabad on Monday, a Pakistani interior ministry source said. The source said Momeni would hold talks with Pakistani officials. The source did not say whether the visit was connected to Pakistan'…
Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui on Sunday and thanked North Korea for supporting Moscow's war in Ukraine. In a video released by the Kremlin, Putin said he was grateful for the support given to what Russia calls…
US President Donald Trump said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not be arrested while in the United States, after New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was looking into whether city police could detain him at a United Nations summit…
Algeria and Mali have announced the return of their ambassadors and the reopening of airspace to one another, after more than a year of strained relations that followed Algeria's shooting down of a Malian drone. Relations worsened sharply in April 2025 after…
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui has flown to Moscow for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, North Korean state media reported. The Korean Central News Agency said Choe and her party left Pyongyang for Russia on July 18 aboard what it…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Washington on Sunday and praised Lebanon's efforts after the latest round of Lebanon-Is…
Iraq signed 48 agreements and partnerships with American companies, many of them in the oil sector, during Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's visit to the United States, his office said Saturday. The Iraqi leader's media office said the agreements included memoran…
The US State Department said Friday that Iraq and Syria intend to restore a crude oil pipeline between the two countries that has been closed for decades. The department said the United States welcomed the Iraqi and Syrian governments' plan to advance the reh…
The United States has allowed a national emergency declaration linked to Hong Kong's security situation to expire, US officials confirmed Friday, but Washington has not clearly said whether it will restore preferential trade treatment for the city. The emerge…
The Gambia said Friday it was deeply concerned after what it called a profoundly provocative border incursion by the Senegalese Armed Forces at a military post in a contested border zone. In a statement from its government spokesman, The Gambia alleged that a…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Manila on Tuesday for a meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers, as Washington condemned what it called China…
The UK government faced growing criticism from non-governmental organisations after details showed deep cuts to overseas aid budgets for countries in Africa and Asia, in some cases by up to 90 percent. Analyses of the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Offi…
Two former heads of government from the Elders group of international figures founded by Nelson Mandela warned on Friday that the Palestinian territories could disappear and called for an end to what they described as Israeli impunity. Former Ireland presiden…
Iran's supreme leader said US attacks proved that President Donald Trump's signature on a deal was "worthless," adding to his warnings during the continuing es…
The Philippines lodged a diplomatic protest with Beijing on Friday over a China Daily video that Manila described as racist for portraying the Philippines as a cartoon monkey. The foreign department said Foreign Undersecretary Leo Herrera-Lim first raised the…
China's foreign ministry said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar called for the United States and Iran to stop fighting and resume negotiations after a meeting in Shanghai on Friday. According to the ministry statement,…
Pakistan hired a US lobbying firm to press Washington for stronger security cooperation and investment in minerals, according to a two-year contract filed in a public official database. The $1.2 million agreement with Ervin Graves Strategy Group began in May.…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met senior Chinese official Wang Huning and pledged to deepen ties with Beijing, North Korean state media KCNA reported. The meeting took place as North Korea and China marked the 65th anniversary of their 1961 mutual defense t…
Nicaragua said Thursday it is severing diplomatic relations with Italy after Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani criticized Managua for sheltering Alessio Casimirri, who was convicted in Italy over the 1978 kidnapping and killing of former Italian prime m…
The European Union summoned Burkina Faso's ambassador after the West African country decided to expel two diplomats from the EU delegation. EU spokeswoman Anitta Hipper said online that the bloc strongly protested what it called Burkina Faso's unjustified dec…
France and Morocco moved to strengthen their renewed partnership during a visit by French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to Rabat, while new reports about alleged Moroccan use of Pegasus spyware against French officials threatened to overshadow the trip. Le…
Ukraine awarded Britain's Keir Starmer its Order of Freedom honour on Thursday during what the report described as his final visit to Kyiv as outgoing prime minister. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Starmer at a press conference in Kyiv and sai…
The United States will not block Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from returning to Venezuela, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South America Luis Mendez told Congress on Wednesday. Mendez said State Department policy was not to obstruct Machad…
Iran's foreign ministry summoned Britain's ambassador to Tehran to protest the UK government's plan to ban the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian state media reported. State news agency IRNA said Hugo Shorter, Britain's ambassador to Tehran, was summo…
Greenland's leading environmental and natural-resource research centre is stopping new collaboration with US partners to protect its data and scientists, its head said on Wednesday. Josephine Nymand, director of the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, s…
China said Wednesday that it firmly opposes a sanctions bill proposed by US senators and backed by President Donald Trump that targets countries buying Russian energy. The bipartisan legislation could allow the United States to increase pressure on Russia ove…
Russia rejected accusations by the European Union and Britain that its intelligence agencies were behind a campaign of cyber attacks on Europe. London and Brussels announced coordinated sanctions on Monday against Russia over what they called the Russian stat…
China called on the United States and Iran on Tuesday to restore safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, after fighting between the two sides reignited over how the strategic waterway should be managed. Foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a news br…
Pedestrians and vehicles crossed freely between Spain and Gibraltar on Wednesday after an agreement ending regular border controls came into force. Shortly before midnight, Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and three former chief ministers removed the f…
The United States announced a new round of sanctions on Monday against Cuban state-owned enterprises, militia groups and Cuba’s Tourism Ministry. The State Department said the measures target what it called the “interlocking pillars” of Cuba’s economic and po…
Britain signed up on Monday to take part in the European Union’s 90-billion-euro, or $103 billion, support loan for Ukraine, allowing UK firms to provide more weapons paid for by the funds. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a statement that the agre…
A majority of European Union countries called Monday for the bloc to prepare a proposal to ban imports of products from Israeli settlements, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Kallas said the option with the most…
Russia summoned Germany’s ambassador in Moscow, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on Monday to protest Berlin’s support for Ukraine, the Russian foreign ministry said. The ministry said Lambsdorff was told that Germany’s growing support for Kyiv, including military…
The European Union announced on Monday support worth 120 million euros, with the source giving a dollar equivalent of $137 billion, to strengthen Moldova's air defences against drone threats linked to Russia's war on Ukraine. The EU said the measure would fin…
Germany's foreign ministry said it summoned Russia's ambassador on Monday to protest what it described as hostile cyberattacks targeting the European Union. A ministry spokeswoman told reporters that the ambassador was summoned in connection with the cyberatt…
US President Donald Trump praised Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi during White House talks on Tuesday, while Washington continued to press Baghdad to curb Iranian influence. Trump hosted Zaidi, a businessman who came to power this year with US support after…