At a NATO meeting, Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and reaffirmed NATO’s strong support for Ukraine. Rutte condemned recent Russian attacks on civilians as unacceptable and emphasised that the upcoming NATO summit declaration will include firm commitments—especially financial support—for Ukraine. President Zelenskyy expressed gratitude for NATO’s backing and highlighted…
IAEA’s deputy director general and head of the Department of Safeguards Massimo Aparo has held talks in Tehran with Iranian officials and left the Iranian capital on Monday afternoon, IRNA reports. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said about Aparo’s visit to Tehran that “he left Tehran after holding…
Israel warned Iran that it will respond to any attack and direct strikes on Iranian nuclear or oil facilities, the Wall Street Journal reports. Israel’s permanent representative at the UN called Iran a ‘terrorist state’ that showed its ‘true face’ by attacking Israel. According to him, the Israeli response to the attack will be…
Iran has officially dropped a key “red line” demand that had been a major sticking point in efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal, a senior administration official told CNN. In its Monday response to a draft nuclear deal agreement proposed by the European Union — which the EU has described as a “final”…
Reuters. There are no plans for U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet “in the immediate future,” a senior White House official said on Tuesday, days after Trump floated another summit with his Russian counterpart. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also have no…
The Kremlin hopes that the meetings between the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Moscow will be productive. Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Russian President, told Report about this, commenting on the planned meeting of the leaders of Azerbaijan, Russia, and Armenia on Thursday in the Russian capital. “Both [Azerbaijani] President Aliyev…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday appointed former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as vice president for strategic affairs and head of the Center for Strategic Studies, the official news agency IRNA reported. Pezeshkian made the appointment in a decree after taking oath of office before the Iranian parliament on Tuesday, the report said….
Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported across the US as a monster, deadly storm hit huge sections of the country, snarling roadways with dangerous ice and forcing mass flight cancellations. At least 12 storm-related deaths have been confirmed, including in Pennsylvania, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee and New York City. As dangerous…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy tasked with ending the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, are expected to travel to Paris later this week, according to two people familiar with preparations for the trip, Politico reports. Witkoff is set to meet French President Emmanuel Macron while…
Russian forces have launched almost 340 drones into Ukraine. There are casualties and injuries in the country. “We offered a ceasefire on Easter, but in response we are receiving martyrs,” said the Ukrainian President. According to Volodymyr Zelensky, the Russian strikes targeted civilian objects. The Russian side also reported shooting down more than 40…
Türkiye on Saturday reaffirmed that it does not recognize the “illegal annexation of Crimea” by Russia in 2014. Stating that the current situation in the peninsula “constitutes a violation of international law,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said it underlined support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. “It has been a decade since the…
Ukraine has exported 3.41 million tonnes of grain, including 2.18 million tonnes of corn (64% of all grain exports), 937,000 tonnes of wheat (27.5%), and 274,000 tonnes of barley (8%), since the beginning of the 2022-2023 marketing year (July 2022-June 2023). The pace of grain exports since the start of the current marketing year…
Iran is ready to resume “fair ” negotiations over its disputed nuclear programme if the West shows goodwill, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, said on Thursday, hours after three European powers triggered the process to reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran, Reuters reports. “Araqchi reaffirmed Iran’s readiness to resume fair and balanced diplomatic negotiations, on…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the war will be stopped only if the international community fully blocks Russian oil flows, other energy resources, and the banking sector. In his view, Russia is not demonstrating readiness to establish peace. “There are still no signs that Moscow intends to stop its military machine,” the President of…
Russia does not refuse contacts with Armenia in the technico-military sector. Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), stated this during Wednesday’s weekly press briefing and in connection with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin’s statement and the reports that Russia may refuse negotiations with Armenia on arms supply. …
A bombing at a mosque located in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others, authorities said. Images released by Syria’s state-run Arab News Agency (SANA) showed blood on the mosque’s carpets, holes in the walls, shattered windows and fire damage. The Imam Ali ibn…
The United States Department of State has commented on the May 11 Azerbaijani attack on Armenia, stating that ‘this kind of violence’ undermines the progress made by the two countries during their talks. State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said at a May 11 press briefing that “this kind of violence, we believe…
Recently, Iraq has deployed more than 6,000 soldiers from the Ministry of Interior to the border with Iran and Turkey, said the head of the Iraqi Ministry of Internal Affairs, Abdul Amir al-Shammari. “We have deployed more than 6,000 soldiers in Iraqi Kurdistan, on the border with Iran and Turkey. Iraq’s borders are a red…
Ukraine is negotiating a deal with Azerbaijan to import gas from the South Caucasus country this year, Kyiv’s energy minister said on Monday. “We are currently in talks. Azerbaijan is interested in this,” Svitlana Hrynchuk told Ukrainian outlet RBC-Ukraine. Ukraine imported test volumes of gas from Azerbaijan earlier this year as it seeks…
Congressman Mike Garcia referred to the latest aggression by Azerbaijan. “As Armenia continues to face a humanitarian crisis due to unprovoked Azeri attacks, I stand with the Armenian people. We must support the Armenian people in the face of these ongoing atrocities”, Garcia Tweeted.
The soaring natural gas prices have driven up the global demand for oil, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday. In its monthly report, the IEA said that high temperature and soaring natural gas prices have made power generation switching necessary in some countries, which are now using oil to generate electricity. …
The President of Azerbaijan went on an official visit to Islamabad. Ilham Aliyev was received by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. It is noted that bilateral relations, in particular, key issues of strategic partnership, are on their agenda. According to the Azerbaijani side, Aliyev’s visit testifies to Azerbaijan-Pakistan friendly relations…
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has expressed confidence that Ukraine will be granted official candidate status ahead of a key EU summit in Brussels later this month. “I firmly believe that we will get a positive decision, that we will get support, that the course has now been set,” von der Leyen told German public broadcaster ARD on…
At the 11th ECOSOC Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Paruyr Hovhannisyan, delivered remarks during the Ministerial Session on “Strengthening the science-policy nexus to drive sustainable development.” Ambassador Hovhannisyan emphasized the importance of strengthening the science-policy interface…
Armenians forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia will get humanitarian aid from Lithuania, Foreign Minister of the country Gabrielius Landsbergis stated. “Lithuania is sending €350k humanitarian aid to Armenia to help address the immediate needs of those who fled from Nagorno-Karabakh. We support Armenia’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and the path of democracy chosen by the Armenian…
The IDF launched a wide scale wave of strikes against Iranian terror regime infrastructure across Tehran early Tuesday morning, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced. Additionally, according to the statement, the IDF began an additional wave of strikes on Hezbollah terror infrastructure in Beirut. Footage from Lebanon showed extensive destruction following what appears to…
The Secretary General of Council of Europe Alain Berset welcomed the Washington Declaration by Armenia and Azerbaijan, describing it as a potential turning point. “Its implementation could transform the region through reconciliation, stability and development. This peace must be built on our values: democracy, human rights, and the rule of law,” he stressed. The Council of Europe…
Police in Denmark and Sweden are investigating after hand grenades were thrown near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen and shots were fired at the Israeli embassy in Stockholm on Tuesday night and the early hours of Wednesday morning, The Guardian reports. Three Swedish men were arrested in the Danish capital on Wednesday on suspicion…
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has stated that his country is ready to restore Iran’s nuclear program for the time being, but such an opportunity will not always be there. He informed that they recently agreed with the High Representative of EU Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell in Jordan about the final steps towards the…
In Nagorno-Karabakh, the peacekeeping forces of the Russian Defense Ministry recorded one violation of the ceasefire regime in the Martuni region, Nagorno-Karabakh. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation informs about it. “There are no casualties or injuries. The command of the Russian peacekeeping force is conducting an investigation with the Azerbaijani and…
