North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile toward the sea east of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Tuesday (November 5). The Japanese government also said North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile. The move follows North Korea’s test last week of a huge new solid-fuel…
We stand with the people of Georgia, Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department Spokesperson said during a regular press briefing. A journalist asked whether the U.S still stands with the people of Georgia. “We have made clear that we stand with the people of Georgia. We have made clear that we support their EU…
Current issues of Russian-Azerbaijani trade-and-economic and scientific-and-technical cooperation were the focus of a phone call between the two countries’ prime ministers, Mikhail Mishustin of Russia and Ali Asadov of Azerbaijan, the Russian government’s press service said, TASS reports. “Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishudtin held a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov. The…
More than 50 children were killed in a devastating weekend of violence in northern Gaza that left many humanitarian workers at risk, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “This has already been a deadly weekend of attacks in north Gaza. In the past 48 hours alone, over 50 children have reportedly been…
Ursula von der Leyen talked to Salome Zurabishvili – the President of the European Commission is spreading this information on the social network. “I recently spoke with President Salome Zurabishvili. The post-election situation remains worrisome. If Georgia wants to maintain its strategic orientation towards the European Union, we need specific actions from the government….
Iranian military planners are preparing an extensive retaliatory strike against Israel that could employ enhanced warheads and sophisticated weaponry, according to Iranian and Arab officials familiar with the planning who spoke to The Wall Street Journal. The warnings emerge in defiance of American diplomatic pressure to avoid escalation, though analysts remain divided on whether…
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday that Ukraine was essentially sabotaging the process of exchanging prisoners of war, Reuters reports. Zakharova said that Russia’s defence ministry had offered Kyiv to hand over 935 Ukrainian prisoners of war but that Ukraine had taken only 279. “Russia has never refused to have…
Kemi Badenoch is the new Conservative party leader after defeating Robert Jenrick in a members’ vote, becoming the first Black leader of a major UK party and the fourth woman to lead the Tories, The Guardian reports. Badenoch took just over 56% of the 95,000 votes, in a poll that had a 73% turnout…
Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on European Integration are participating in the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC) for the third time. According to the Parliament, this year’s conference is being held in Budapest because Hungary is the presiding country. The presidency term lasts six…
On November 1, Ambassador Lilit Makunts participated in the Diwali reception at the U․S․ Department of State, where Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma delivered remarks. Earlier this week, Ambassador Makunts also participated in the “Lighting a Diya” Ceremony along with the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard…
In the aftermath of catastrophic flooding in eastern Spain, residents in Alfafar, a suburb outside the city of Valencia, faced scarcity as they navigated muddy roads and struggle to access water and basic supplies on Friday (November 1), Reuters reports. Footage showed various vehicles in a tangled wreckage strewn across rail tracks and a…
Israel’s air force pounded Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh overnight, destroying dozens of buildings in several neighborhoods, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Friday, The Washington Post reports. There was no immediate word on casualties. Recently, Israel has intensified its airstrikes on the northeastern city of Baalbek and nearby villages, as well as…
The US commends Armenia and Azerbaijan for formalizing the rules of procedure for border delimitation, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has said in a post on X. “The U.S. commends Armenia and Azerbaijan for formalizing the rules of procedure for border delimitation, demonstrating that progress is possible through sustained dialogue. We support both sides’ work…
