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China seeks 'continuous improvement' of Vatican ties
Feb 01, 2024 (AFP)
Pietro Wu Yishun, 59, was ordained the bishop of Shaowu city in China's southeastern province of Fujian, the Vatican said on Wednesday. He was nominated by Pope...
NATO chief to US conservatives: US alliance 'a good deal'
Jan 31, 2024 (AFP)
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg was visiting Washington where he met Republican lawmakers as an impasse in Congress holds up new US aid to Ukraine, which Pre...
Russia sees NATO as 'threat', Kremlin says amid drills
Jan 31, 2024 (AFP)
Some 90,000 troops will take part in the NATO military alliance's Steadfast Defender 24 exercise, the biggest since the 1988 Reforger drill during the Cold War....
Meeting NATO, Blinken warns Ukraine gains in doubt if no US aid
Jan 29, 2024 (AFP)
Tens of billions of dollars in US aid has been sent to Ukraine since the invasion in February 2022, but Republican lawmakers have grown reluctant to keep suppor...
China, US say talks in Bangkok 'candid, substantive'
Jan 27, 2024 (AFP)
The talks, which lasted some 12 hours over two days, are expected to pave the way for a phone call between presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden in the spring, ac...
Swedish PM says won't negotiate with Hungary on NATO bid
Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban this week invited Kristersson to Budapest to discuss the issue "at your earliest convenience", an invitation Kristersson o...
India fetes France's Macron at annual military parade
Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)
The annual Republic Day event in the heart of New Delhi is a highly choreographed spectacle featuring tank columns, fighter jet fly-pasts, acrobatic motorbike s...
Turkey ratifies Sweden's NATO bid; Hungary last obstacle to membership
Jan 26, 2024 (UPI)
"A key milestone has been reached," Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan signed the long-delayed legislation la...
Turkey takes final step on Sweden's NATO membership
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
The Official Gazette's publication of the law on Sweden's accession to the alliance, which the Turkish parliament approved on Tuesday, ends a nearly two-year sa...
Swedish PM says ready to meet Hungary's Orban on NATO bid
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
"The completion of the ratification process of Sweden's NATO membership in the Hungarian parliament will create a solid foundation to move ahead in our bilatera...
Orban reaffirms 'support' of Sweden's NATO bid in Stoltenberg call
Jan 24, 2024 (AFP)
Budapest remains the last holdout to ratify Stockholm's bid to join NATO. "I reaffirmed that the Hungarian government supports the NATO membership of Sweden," O...
Turkey ratifies Sweden's NATO membership after protracted delay
Jan 24, 2024 (AFP)
Lawmakers voted 287-55 in favour of the Nordic nation's bid to become the 32nd member of the alliance after it won the public backing of President Recep Tayyip ...
NATO kicks off largest military exercise in decades
Jan 24, 2024 (AFP)
The Western military alliance has said some 90,000 troops will take part in the months-long Steadfast Defender 24 exercise designed to test its defences in the ...
Orban invites Swedish PM to discuss NATO accession
Jan 23, 2024 (AFP)
Turkey's parliament opened a debate on Sweden's membership of NATO on Tuesday. Lawmakers were expected to overwhelmingly approve the Nordic nation's bid after i...
Orban invites Swedish PM to 'negotiate' NATO accession
Jan 23, 2024 (AFP)
Turkey's parliament is expected to vote this week to ratify Sweden's bid to join the Western defence alliance after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Today I sent ...
Turkish parliament to vote on Sweden's NATO membership
Jan 22, 2024 (AFP)
CNN Turk said a vote could be take place as early as Tuesday while a source told AFP that it might be held on Thursday. Turkey's ratification would leave Hungar...
NATO to deploy 90,000 troops in largest exercises since Cold War
Jan 19, 2024 (UPI)
Operation Steadfast Defender 2024 would be "the largest NATO exercise in decades" with the participation of all 31 NATO allies plus Sweden, which has candidate ...
Baltic states to build new defences on Russia, Belarus borders
Jan 19, 2024 (AFP)
Russia's aggression in the region has sparked concern in the Baltic states that they could be next on Moscow's agenda were it to win in Ukraine. "The ministers ...
Hungary waits for Sweden to 'get in touch' on NATO bid
Jan 18, 2024 (AFP)
Hungary and Turkey are the only holdouts in NATO not to have ratified Sweden's bid to join the defence alliance in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Tur...
NATO announces months-long exercise with 90,000 troops
Jan 18, 2024 (AFP)
Steadfast Defender 2024 will run to late May and involve units from all 31 NATO member countries plus candidate-member Sweden, US General Christopher Cavoli, NA...
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