Politics
Putin says Russia has ‘nowhere to retreat’ over Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had no room to retreat in a standoff with the United States over Ukraine ...China puts entry ban on four U.S. individuals in response to sanctions
China’s foreign ministry spokesman said four people from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom would be banned from mainland China, Hong ...Tigray forces withdraw from neighbouring Ethiopian regions
Tigrayan forces fighting the central government have withdrawn from neighbouring regions in Ethiopia’s north, a Tigrayan spokesman said on Monday, a step ...Leftist Gabriel Boric wins Chile presidential election
Ten years after leading student protests demanding better education, Gabriel Boric is set to become Chile’s youngest-ever president, capping a remarkable rise ...Islamic countries seek response to Afghanistan emergency
Muslim nations sought to respond to the growing economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as neighbouring Pakistan opened an extraordinary meeting on ...Russia demands NATO roll back from East Europe and stay out of Ukraine
Russia said on Friday it wanted a legally binding guarantee that NATO would give up any military activity in Eastern Europe and ...EU leaders consider new sanctions against Russian ‘surprises’
European Union leaders will consider on Thursday what economic sanctions they could impose on Russia if Moscow were to launch a new ...Germany says Russia will face ‘massive consequences’ if it invades Ukraine
New German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday Russia would face “massive consequences” if it invades Ukraine, after a phone call ...Iran accuses Western powers of ‘blame game’ over nuclear deal
Iran on Tuesday accused Western parties to its 2015 nuclear deal of “persisting in their blame game”, a day after European diplomats ...Blinken touts deeper U.S. engagement amid concern over ‘aggressive’ China
Secretary of State Antony Blinken touted on Tuesday a U.S. strategy to deepen its Asian treaty alliances, offering to boost defence and ...














