Today, negotiations between the delegations of Russia, the US and Ukraine are being resumed in Geneva, which are taking place behind closed doors, a source in the negotiating team said. The third round of trilateral talks on the Ukrainian settlement began yesterday in Geneva and lasted six hours, the meeting ended in the evening….
Reuters. Palestinian officials and an Israeli settlement watchdog group condemned on Monday (February 16) an Israeli decision on West Bank land registration, saying the move will lead to a de-facto takeover of Palestinian lands. On Sunday (February 15), Israel’s cabinet approved further measures to tighten Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank and make…
Reuters. Representatives of Ukraine and Russia will meet in Geneva on Tuesday (February 17) and Wednesday (February 18) for a fresh round of U.S.-mediated peace talks that the Kremlin says are likely to focus on land, the main sticking point. “It’s going to be very easy,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air…
Two female Israeli soldiers had to be rescued by police after being chased by a crowd of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, BBC reports. Footage from the city of Bnei Brak showed the women running through streets strewn with rubbish and overturned bins as police officers formed a protective barrier. More than 20 people were arrested….
Europe’s absence from the negotiating table with Russia is a major mistake and Kyiv is doing everything possible to involve the EU in the process, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 14. “Americans often return to the question of concessions,” the president stated. “And…
Europe must be ready to fight to protect its people, values, and way of life, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told world leaders on Saturday, BBC reports. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Starmer also called for deeper links and cooperation, including economic ties, between the UK and EU. The PM stressed the…
I believe that full normalization of relations and full peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be established soon, the President of Azerbaijan stated in an interview with France 24 in Munich. According to Ilham Aliyev, the historic agreements reached on August 8 at the White House between Yerevan and Baku mean that the conflict…
The NATO alliance will become more European-led, with a continuing strong presence of the United States, as European allies significantly increase military spending, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Friday (Friday 13), Reuters reports. “Over the coming years we will more and more see a NATO that is more European-led, but at the…
The US State Department has made adjustments to the transcript of its briefing regarding the statements of Secretary of State Marco Rubio. This was found out by RIA Novosti on February 13. It is clarified that Rubio’s statement about a potential trip to Russia, which could take place as part of his European tour,…
Turkey’s top diplomat said both the US and Iran appeared ready to compromise to secure a nuclear deal, but warned that broadening talks to cover Tehran’s ballistic missile programme would risk “nothing but another war”, Financial Times reports. Hakan Fidan, who has played an integral role in mediation efforts to avert a conflict, told…
A brawl erupted in Turkey’s parliament on Wednesday after lawmakers from the ruling AK Party and the opposition clashed over the appointment of a controversial figure to the Justice Ministry in a Cabinet reshuffle, Reuters reports. Opposition legislators tried to block Akın Gürlek, who President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed to the top judicial portfolio,…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, delivered a short statement on Tuesday (February 10), saying his seventh trip to the United States reflects the bond between the two countries and said the main focus of the meeting will be on the negotiations with Iran, Reuters reports. “I am now leaving for the United States on…
The White House has announced that U.S. Vice President JD Vance has arrived in Azerbaijan with his family following an productive visit to Armenia. An expanded-format meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance has begun in Baku. Նյութերը գեներացվում են տարբեր կայքերից արհեստական բանականության միջոցով
The U.S. Vice President JD Vance answered journalists’ questions at Yerevan’s Zvartnots international airport before his departure from Armenia to Azerbaijan. Referring to the question by “Lurer” on investment projects in Armenia, Vance said: “Well, one of the things that we signed yesterday, but also one of the things that we are working…
The U.S. military intercepted an oil tanker it said was operating in defiance of President Trump’s quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Indian Ocean overnight Monday after it tracked the vessel from the Caribbean, The Hill reports. The Pentagon did not clarify if U.S. forces seized the ship, the Aquilla II, as U.S. personnel…
Iran is prepared to dilute its highly enriched uranium if the US lifts all sanctions on the country, the head of its atomic energy agency said Monday after talks resumed with Washington, France 24 reports. “In conclusion, in response to a question about the possibility of diluting 60 percent enriched uranium … the head…
Iran will strike U.S. bases in the Middle East if it is attacked by U.S. forces that have massed in the region, its foreign minister said on Saturday, insisting that this should not be seen as an attack on the countries hosting them, Reuters reports. Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi spoke to Qatari Al Jazeera…
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar held a phone call following the explosion in Islamabad, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said on X. Bayramov conveyed condolences on behalf of Azerbaijan’s President, government, and people, expressing solidarity with Pakistan. Dar strongly condemned the attack and reaffirmed…
Canada opened its first diplomatic outpost in Greenland in a significant show of solidarity following US President Donald Trump’s threats to take control of the territory, BBC reports. A delegation of senior Canadian officials, including Governor General Mary Simon, and foreign minister Anita Anand, travelled to Nuuk on Friday to formally open Canada’s consulate,…
US President Donald Trump called for a new nuclear treaty instead of extending the caps on nuclear weapons deployments with Russia, DW reports. Hours after the pact that held the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals in check for more than two decades expired, Trump said that the New START treaty was “badly negotiated” and…
After years of looking at Turkey as a problem, the European Union is now viewing it as part of the solution, Politico reports. As negotiations for peace in Ukraine gather momentum, Turkey’s potential role in the post-war order — particularly as a peacekeeper and regional powerbroker in the Black Sea —makes it a critical…
Reuters. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Thursday (February 5) that there was progress and a positive movement forward in talks on a Ukraine peace deal. “The warmongers from Europe, from Britain, are constantly trying to interfere with this process, constantly trying to meddle in it. And the more such attempts…
The number of Ukrainian soldiers killed on the battlefield as a result of the country’s war with Russia is estimated at 55,000, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told France 2 TV on Wednesday (February 4). “In Ukraine, officially the number of soldiers killed on the battlefield – either professionals or those conscripted – is 55,000,”…
After months of trading insults – from “sick man” and “drug trafficking leader” on one side, to “accomplice to genocide” with a “senile brain” on the other – the first meeting between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro ended with pleasantries, autographs and a Maga cap, The Guardian reports. The Colombian president was received by…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte inspected a Kyiv thermal power plant damaged in overnight Russian attacks, according to video shared by Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal, Reuters reports. During the visit, Shmyhal showed Rutte the damage inflicted on the thermal power plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia on Tuesday of exploiting a…
Turkey and Azerbaijan will be required to prove that the natural gas delivered to the European Union (EU) through entry points on Bulgaria’s border is not of Russian origin, following the EU’s introduction of a full and unrestricted ban on imports of Russian gas, according to a decision of the Council of the EU published…
Reuters. Iran’s foreign minister said his country was ready for diplomacy with the United States on Monday (February 2). Abbas Araqchi, speaking to officials at the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, added that any talks must take place with mutual respect. “Whoever speaks with respect, you will respond with respect, and whoever speaks…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the start of negotiations with the United States within the framework of the nuclear issue, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported Monday, citing an unnamed government source, Reuters reports. Fars, quoting Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei’s remarks earlier in the day as saying, added that talks between…
The Venice Carnival kicked off with a colourful parade on the Grand Canal featuring the traditional giant rat-shaped structure, which released confetti under the Rialto Bridge in a splendid whirlwind of colours, Reuters reports. However, this edition of the carnival carries an Olympic theme linked to Italy’s hosting of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games. The…
The Iranian army is on high alert in response to a possible confrontation with the United States, Iranian Army Commander-in-Chief Amir Hatami said. “We are on high alert and are closely monitoring the enemy’s movements in the region. Iran is not a country that can be destroyed,” Khatami said, warning that an attempt to…
