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Ailing Erdogan re-emerges by video link with Putin
Apr 27, 2023 (AFP)
The 69-year-old leader suspended all campaigning for Turkey's pivotal May 14 election after getting sick while conducting a live TV interview on Tuesday evening...
Czechs seek to boost security with new US defence deal
Apr 26, 2023 (AFP)
The agreement facilitates a potential deployment of US troops to the Czech Republic, a NATO member since 1999, said Defence Minister Jana Cernochova. It also co...
Russian military aircraft intercepted over Baltic Sea: Germany
Apr 26, 2023 (AFP)
"Reconnaissance flights intercepted. German and British Eurofighters were alerted to identify three military aircraft. The two SU-27 Flankers and a IL-20 from R...
China says UK 'clinging to the past' with FM speech
Apr 26, 2023 (AFP)
Asked about the set-piece foreign policy address delivered by James Cleverly on Tuesday, China's foreign ministry said Britain was "holding outdated scripts and...
China says respects ex-Soviet sovereignty; France gives China envoy 'stern rebuke'
Apr 24, 2023 (AFP)
The European Union's three Baltic countries summoned China's envoys to account for Ambassador Lu Shaye questioning the sovereignty of former Soviet states. In a...
Anger as Chinese envoy questions post-Soviet nations
Apr 23, 2023 (AFP)
Speaking Friday on France's LCI news channel, ambassador Lu Shaye suggested countries that emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union "don't have effective stat...
Ukraine allies vow strong backing at key talks
Apr 21, 2023 (AFP)
On the eve of the talks gathering representatives from 50 countries, President Volodymyr Zelensky had urged Western allies to send more fighter jets and long-ra...
Macron, Biden agree to 'engage' China on Ukraine: French statement
Apr 20, 2023 (AFP)
In a statement, Macron's office said Macron had briefed Biden about "the results obtained" during his visit in the first week of April to Beijing where the Fren...
US urges Turkey, Hungary to ratify Sweden's NATO bid
Apr 19, 2023 (AFP)
"We look forward to soon welcoming Sweden as the 32nd (member of NATO). And to be clear, we look forward to that happening before the (NATO) summit in July," US...
G7 vows 'severe costs' for those helping Russia in Ukraine
Apr 18, 2023 (AFP)
After two days of talks in the bucolic Japanese mountain resort town Karuizawa, the top diplomats from leading economies unveiled no new sanctions on Moscow ove...
Philippines ex-foreign minister who stood up to China dies at 83
Apr 18, 2023 (AFP)
Del Rosario, who served under Philippine president Benigno Aquino from 2011 to 2016, died while en route to the United States, the Department of Foreign Affairs...
Beijing says G7 'maliciously slandered China; Political manipulation' behind US arrests
Apr 18, 2023 (AFP)
"The G7 foreign ministers' meeting disregarded China's solemn position and objective facts, grossly interfered in China's internal affairs and maliciously sland...
Putin praises joint drills as G7 diplomats offer common front on China
Apr 17, 2023 (AFP)
The surprise drills announced last week come as Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu is in Russia on a visit which will last until Wednesday. Putin received Chin...
W.House says Brazil 'parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda' on Ukraine
Apr 17, 2023 (AFP)
"In this case, Brazil is parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda without at all looking at the facts," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told repo...
China, Ukraine headline as G7 foreign ministers meet
Apr 16, 2023 (AFP)
There will be no shortage of diplomatic and security challenges to discuss for the foreign ministers, but recent regional events are likely to sharpen the focus...
Zelensky says discussed Macron's China visit with French president
Apr 15, 2023 (AFP)
The two leaders also "discussed the next steps in the organisation of a peace summit," Macron's office said in a statement. Zelensky in December proposed a glob...
US should stop 'encouraging' war in Ukraine, says Brazil's Lula
Apr 15, 2023 (AFP)
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva used his trip to push the message that "Brazil is back" as a key player on the global stage -- and to warn that the South American cou...
Orban backs Macron over China remarks as EU allies exasperated
Apr 14, 2023 (AFP)
Macron raised hackles on both sides of the Atlantic at the weekend in an interview, in which he said Europe should not be a "follower" of either Washington or B...
'Brazil is back!' Lula says during state visit to China
Apr 13, 2023 (AFP)
The veteran leftist, who arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday night, is seeking to reposition Brazil as a key global player after four years of relative isolation u...
Macron heckled by protesters on Dutch state visit
Apr 12, 2023 (AFP)
"Where is French democracy?" shouted the banner-waving demonstrators as Macron, who has faced violent protests at home over pensions reforms, addressed a largel...
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