“Our country plays a significant role in strengthening regional peace. Despite conflicts between our neighbouring countries, Georgia has always managed to maintain a correct, balanced policy, which has helped maximize peace in our region,” stated Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze during his appearance on the GPB First Channel’s program Actual Topic with Maka Tsintsadze….

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…

Israel sent the United Arab Emirates an Iron Dome air defense system with troops to operate it early in the war with Iran, two Israeli officials and one U.S. official tell Axios.   The military, security and intelligence cooperation between Israel and the UAE has reached new heights during the war. The unprecedented deployment of…

The new head of France’s Louvre Museum warned Wednesday that the world’s most visited museum is “at breaking point” due to aging infrastructure and mounting investment needs.   “We can say it without ambiguity … the Louvre is at breaking point,” Christophe Leribault told the French Senate’s Culture Committee.   He noted that the institution…

US President Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program, according to two people familiar with the matter, AP reports.   The people, who were not authorized to comment publicly about the yet to be formally announced decision, said…

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will add a $100,000 (£74,000) annual fee for applicants to the H-1B visa programme for skilled foreign workers, BBC reports.   Trump’s order mentions “abuse” of the programme and will restrict entry unless payment is made.   Critics have long argued that H-1Bs undercut the…

Iran’s Economy Minister Ali Madanizadeh said Tehran is fully prepared to confront US sanctions, declaring that Washington “will not be able to cut our financial arteries.”   “We have been preparing for these days for a long time,” Madanizadeh told state television, saying Iran had been aware of American plans and that the government had…

At the AK Party Extended Provincial Chairs Meeting, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan strongly condemned what he described as unlawful agreements involving Israel, Greece, and the Greek Cypriot Administration of Cyprus.   While stating that Turkey would not be drawn into provocations, Erdoğan stressed that it would never allow the rights of the people living…

Britain and Germany’s leaders agreed in Berlin on Wednesday to work on an ambitious treaty covering issues from defence to trade that would be part of a reset of British relations with the European Union, France 24 reports.   Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s trip to the EU’s top powers, Germany and France, aims to help…

“This is not a revolutionary movement in the traditional sense because there are no demands about who should be removed from power. It is a call to return to elections in a free and fair environment and to see where the will of the people in Georgia lies today,” said Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili addressing…

Defense Minister Israel Katz says that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is “dragging Turkey into dangerous adventures in Syria,” after the IDF bombed a Syrian air base this week due to what it says was a Turkish military buildup at the site, a claim both Damascus and Ankara have denied, The Times of Israel reports….

Reuters. President Donald Trump posted on social media on Monday (May 18) that he was holding off on a planned military attack on Iran scheduled for Tuesday, while efforts continue to reach a deal, adding that the United States was ready to resume attacking if one is not reached.   President Donald Trump said on…

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and US President Donald Trump discussed the security situation in Greenland and the Arctic in a phone call on Sunday.   “We will continue working on this, and I look forward to seeing him in Davos later this week,” Rutte said in a post on US social media company X….

Israel is considering announcing “symbolic” withdrawals from occupied territory in southern Lebanon as part of upcoming talks, according to an Israeli source familiar with the matter, CNN reports.   The idea has been discussed ahead of three days of talks between Israel and Lebanon set to take place under the auspices of the Trump administration…

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a letter to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei.   “Your Eminence Ayatollah Khamenei,   I congratulate you on your appointment as the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.   Once again, I extend my condolences to you on the…